JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, cilt.37, sa.7, ss.896-901, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
Eighty-four subjects, premenopausal female patients (n=42, mean (SD) age: 26.4 (4.2) years) diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and age-matched healthy volunteers (n=42, mean (SD) age: 27.6(3.4) years), were included in this study. Data on physical examination, anthropometric measurements and blood biochemistry analysis were recorded for each subject along with analysis for SOCS1-1478 CA/del polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The relation of SOCS1-1478 CA/del polymorphism to PCOS status and insulin resistance was analysed via logistic regression analysis. Mean (SD) levels for BMI (28.5(6.5) vs.22.5 (4.9) kg/m(2), p<.001), HOMA-IR (3.1(1.8) vs.1.5 (1.0), p<.001), LDL-cholesterol (115.9(32.7) vs.100.7 (27.3)mg/dL, p=.03) and triglyceride (113.8(64.9) vs.83.3(36.3)mg/dL, p=.017) were significantly higher in patients. Groups were similar in terms of SOCS1-1478 CA/del polymorphism. No significant relation of this polymorphism was noted to PCOS and HOMA-IR. Our findings revealed no difference between groups in terms of the rate of SOCS1-1478 CA/del polymorphism, and no significant relation of this polymorphism to insulin resistance and PCOS status.