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The purpose of the present cross-sectional study is to investigate whether mild hypercholesterolemia alters the biochemical and clinical profile of PCOS patients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Our study is based on a prospectively collected population of women of reproductive age who were diagnosed with PCOS according to the definition of the Rotterdam European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology\/American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM\/ESHRE) criteria. For the correlation analysis we used the non-parametric Spearman\u2019s rank correlation coefficient. Partial correlation was also performed to control for potential confounders observed in the univariate analysis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Overall, 235 patients were included. Their mean age ranged between 14 and 45 years old and the body mass index (BMI) between 17 and 54. Women with mild hypercholesterolemia had a higher BMI and their fasting insulin was increased as well as indices of insulin resistance [Homeostatic model assessment (HOMA), quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), Matsuda index] compared to women with PCOS with normal cholesterol levels. Correlation statistics suggested that the effect of serum lipids on the hormonal profile of patients was weak. Both low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) exerted a significant mild negative correlation to glucose and insulin. However, after controlling the results for BMI and age (the two variables that were found significantly different in the univariate analysis) we observed that this effect was non-significant.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n Mild hypercholesterolemia does not affect the hormonal profile of patients with PCOS; hence, to date, there is no evidence to suggest its treatment for the correction of menstrual and hormonal abnormalities in PCOS women.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/hmbci-2018-0002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,29]],"date-time":"2018-03-29T18:20:56Z","timestamp":1522347656000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["The impact of mild hypercholesterolemia on glycemic and hormonal profiles, menstrual characteristics and the ovarian morphology of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Vasilios","family":"Pergialiotis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital Athens Greece , Rimini 1 Chaidari , Athens, PC 12461 , Greece , Phone: +302105832244, +306947326459, Fax: 2105326447"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eftihios","family":"Trakakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , \u201cAttikon\u201d University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Charalampos","family":"Chrelias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , \u201cAttikon\u201d University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nikolaos","family":"Papantoniou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , \u201cAttikon\u201d University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Erifili","family":"Hatziagelaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Second Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute and Diabetes Center , \u201cAttikon\u201d Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Athens , Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121207250580280_j_hmbci-2018-0002_ref_001_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1ab1b6b1Aa","unstructured":"Ma YM, Li R, Qiao J, Zhang XW, Wang SY, Zhang QF, et al. 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