Body composition of lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most frequent endocrine and metabolic disorders in reproductive age women, and it is related to changes in body size, shape and composition. Anthropometric somatotype is a quantitative description of the individual’s body shape and composition classifie...

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Published in:Anthropological review (Poznań, Poland) Poland), 2013-12, Vol.76 (2), p.183-198
Main Authors: Zabulienė, Lina, Urboniene, Jurgita, Tutkuvienė, Janina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adipose tissue
Anthropometry
Body fat
Body mass index
Body weight
Human remains
PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Reproductive health
Skin
somatotype
Women
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Summary:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most frequent endocrine and metabolic disorders in reproductive age women, and it is related to changes in body size, shape and composition. Anthropometric somatotype is a quantitative description of the individual’s body shape and composition classified as endomorphy, mesomorphy or ectomorphy. Since PCOS somatotype has never previously been studied, here we evaluate body shape and composition phenomena in lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome and assess relationships with metabolic parameters. The study of 20-35 year-old women was carried out at the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology at Vilnius University. Standard anthropometric instruments and methods were used, and J. Matiegka’s equations calculated skeletal mass, skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscles and internal organs. In addition, Heath - Carter’s somatotypes were computed, and the participants’ glucose, insulin, testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin and lipid levels were established. We analysed data from 120 women with a mean age of 27.30 ± 3.68 years. Lean women with PCOS had greater skeletal mass by 0.47 kg (p
ISSN:1898-6773
2083-4594
DOI:10.2478/anre-2013-0018