arcticslug

I found this very interesting...I wonder why thin cysters are likely to have more acne than overweight cysters? I doubt that being overweight protects people from getting acne....I would think that there is something different in the disease process in obese cysters vs. thin cysters?

1: Fertil Steril. 2008 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print]Links
Clinical and biochemical presentations of polycystic ovary syndrome among obese and nonobese women.

Liou TH, Yang JH, Hsieh CH, Lee CY, Hsu CS, Hsu MI.
Obesity Research Center, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
OBJECTIVE: To study the differences in clinical and biochemical characteristics between obese and nonobese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): Four hundred sixty-four Taiwan Chinese women, among whom 295 were diagnosed with PCOS and 169 were non-PCOS controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Body mass index, average menstrual interval, modified Ferriman-Gallwey score, acne, total T, and waist-to-hip ratio. RESULT(S): Obese women with polycystic ovary morphology (PCOM) had a greater risk of developing of PCOS (odds ratio [OR], 2.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-10.4) than nonobese women with PCOM. Obese women with PCOM had a higher incidence oligomenorrhea (OR, 2.6; 95% CI, 1.6-4.1) and biochemical hyperandrogenemia (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.6-4.0) than nonobese women with PCOM. Obese subjects with PCOS had a higher risk of developing oligomenorrhea (OR, 2.2; 95% CI, 1.3-3.7) and biochemical hyperandrogenemia (OR, 2.6; 95% CI, 1.6-4.2) than nonobese women with PCOS. Moreover, obese women with PCOS had significantly higher serum total T levels and more prolonged menstrual intervals than nonobese women with PCOS. Notably, the obese women with PCOS presented less acne than the nonobese subjects (OR, 0.5; 95% CI, 0.3-0.9). CONCLUSION(S): Obese women with PCOS had more severe ovulatory dysfunction and higher serum total T levels than nonobese subjects. Moreover, obese women with PCOS had a significantly lower frequency of acne than nonobese subjects.

KatCarney

Wow, that's very interesting. I'm going to re-post in the Research Articles forum.

I'm one that was obese, and had no idea that acne was even a symptom of pcos until a member of SoulCysters showed me information on it.

When I first started SC, and for probably nearly a year, we did not have an acne forum.

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Rebe

Wow okay this makes me rethink that my acne might clear up through weight loss alone grrrr...off to try more things!!

lol.

Rebe

Eva37

interesting, thanks for sharing wonder if thats why ive had more acne since i lost weight??

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