Hyperandrogenism

Taste sensation, particularly taste for salty and sour, is reduced among women with polycystic ovary syndrome compared with healthy controls, with the differences persisting after short-term oral contraceptive use, data show.

Genetic risk factors for polycystic ovary syndrome can act independently of ovarian function, causing cardiometabolic dysfunction and hyperandrogenism through biological pathways common to both men and women, according to a speaker.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome assigned a diet rich in chickpeas, lentils, dry beans and split peas as part of a lifestyle intervention were just as likely to experience an improvement in metabolic outcomes after 16 weeks as women with PCOS who adhered to the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, or TLC, diet, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Women with hyperandrogenemia are at greater risk for metabolic syndrome, dysglycemia than women without hyperandrogenemia, and this heightened risk may be predicted by sex hormone-binding globulin levels, according to findings published in Obesity.