Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to increased odds of eating disorders

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is related to an elevated probability of any consuming dysfunction, in accordance with a evaluation printed on-line Aug. 8 within the Journal of Medical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Laura G. Cooney, M.D., from the College of Wisconsin in Madison, and colleagues carried out a scientific evaluation and meta-analysis to look at the prevalence of disordered consuming/consuming problems amongst ladies with and with out PCOS. Information had been obtained from 20 articles, together with 28,922 ladies with PCOS and 258,619 controls.

The researchers discovered that the percentages of any consuming dysfunction had been elevated for people with PCOS (odds ratio, 1.53), which endured in research by which PCOS was identified by Rotterdam standards (odds ratio, 2.88). Elevated odds of bulimia nervosa, binge consuming dysfunction, and disordered consuming had been seen in PCOS, however not anorexia nervosa.

Larger imply disordered consuming scores had been seen in PCOS, together with on stratification by normal- and higher-weight physique mass index. Many of the research had been of average high quality, and no proof of publication bias was seen.

“Care for ladies with PCOS must be individualized and contextualized with the data of the damaging affect of weight stigma or weight administration within the setting of consuming problems,” the authors write.

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