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Hyperhomocysteinaemia is a recognized risk factor for atherosclerosis, particularly among migrant South Asians, and has recently been shown to be correlated positively with the degree of insulin resistance\/hyperinsulinaemia.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold><jats:sc>objectives\u2002<\/jats:sc><\/jats:bold> To compare total plasma homocysteine (Hcy) in PCOS with controls from ethnic groups at high and low risk of insulin resistance.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold><jats:sc>methods\u2002<\/jats:sc><\/jats:bold> Case control study of three ethnic groups, Sri Lankans (SL), British Asians (BA) and white Europeans (C), with and without PCOS at specialist centres in Sri Lanka and Yorkshire, UK. Fasting total plasma Hcy concentration was analysed by fluorescence polarization immunoassay and examined for any correlation with age, body mass index (BMI), central obesity, fasting insulin and insulin sensitivity [calculated by the Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI) method], lipids and testosterone in each ethnic group.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold><jats:sc>results\u2002<\/jats:sc><\/jats:bold> Eighty SL with PCOS and 45 controls, 47 BA with PCOS and 11 controls, and 40 C with PCOS and 22 controls were studied. Both Asian groups with PCOS were younger than affected Europeans (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 0\u00b7008). Sri Lankans with PCOS had significantly lower BMI values than other affected groups: mean\u00a0\u00b1\u00a0SEM (SL) 26\u00b73\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b795; (BA) 30\u00b759\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07\u00b754; (C) 32\u00b71\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05\u00b795\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b7006). However, waist\u00a0:\u00a0hip ratios (WHR) of Sri Lankans with PCOS were similar to others: mean\u00a0\u00b1 SEM (SL) 0\u00b797\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b701 (BA) 1\u00b704\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b702 (C) 0\u00b792\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b701, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b733. Mean plasma Hcy was significantly higher in all PCOS groups than in their ethnically matched controls (Student's <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2010test): (SL) 10\u00b72\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01\u00b79 <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 9\u00b70\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03\u00b78, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b701; (BA) 7\u00b79\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01\u00b79 <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 6\u00b78\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02\u00b75, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00\u00b70001; (C) 8\u00b73\u00a0\u00b1 2\u00b73 <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 6\u00b78\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01\u00b75, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b70007\u00a0\u00b5mol\/l. Sri Lankans with PCOS had significantly greater Hcy concentrations than British Asians and Europeans with PCOS [<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 0\u00b7001; single\u2010factor analysis of variance (<jats:sc>anova<\/jats:sc>)] and also significantly greater fasting insulin concentrations [(SL) 242\u00b79\u00a0\u00b1\u00a038\u00b79; (BA) 89\u00b74\u00a0\u00b1\u00a08\u00b79; (C) 48\u00b76\u00a0\u00b1 4\u00b78\u00a0pmol\/l (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b70003)] and significantly lower QUICKI [(SL) 0\u00b7308\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b7004; (BA) 0\u00b7335\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b7005; (C) 0\u00b7375\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00\u00b7002 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b70007)]. Fasting plasma Hcy correlated best with fasting insulin (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 0\u00b756, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b70001) and QUICKI (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u22120\u00b753, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00\u00b70001) in Sri Lankans with PCOS. Hcy in PCOS subjects from all three ethnic groups correlated significantly with fasting insulin following adjustment for age, BMI and WHR (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0= 0\u00b745, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b70001), but this was not evident in the controls (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u22120\u00b732, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00\u00b71).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold><jats:sc>conclusions\u2002<\/jats:sc><\/jats:bold> Elevation of fasting plasma homocysteine in PCOS varies with ethnicity and correlates significantly with fasting insulin. High homocysteine in young Sri Lankans with PCOS has major implications for their long\u2010term risk for atherosclerosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2265.2004.02019.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,12,21]],"date-time":"2004-12-21T23:11:30Z","timestamp":1103670690000},"page":"560-567","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":65,"title":["Plasma homocysteine in polycystic ovary syndrome: does it correlate with insulin resistance and ethnicity?"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Chandrika N.","family":"Wijeyaratne","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K","family":"Nirantharakumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adam H.","family":"Balen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julian 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