Beyond conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disease, women face an additional
burden of sex-specific risk factors. Key stages of a woman's reproductive history may …

The teleology of sex differences has been argued since at least as early as Aristotle's
controversial Generation of Animals more than 300 years BC, which reflects the sex bias of …

Men have higher blood pressure than women through much of life regardless of race and
ethnicity. This is a robust and highly conserved sex difference that it is also observed across …

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) represents the most common endocrine dysfunction in
fertile women and it is considered a heterogeneous and multifaceted disorder, with multiple …

Purpose To exhibit the lipid profiles in PCOS women with different characteristics and to
access correlations between alternation of key lipid parameters and characteristics of PCOS …

Blood pressure is typically lower in premenopausal women than in men. However, after
menopause, the prevalence of hypertension in women is higher than it is in men …

Metformin is an insulin sensitizer widely used for the treatment of patients affected by type 2
diabetes mellitus. Because many women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are insulin …

PCOS is not only the most frequent cause of oligomenorrhea in young women, but also a
metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia …

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder in women, and it is the
main cause of infertility in women of reproductive age due to anovulation. PCOS also …

Oxidative stress (OS) is a condition that occurs as a result of an imbalance between the
production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the body's ability to detoxify and neutralize …