Human Reproduction, Vol. 19, No. 1, 215,
January 2004
© 2004 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Are serum adiponectin levels really reduced in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome?
1 Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology & Oncology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples and 2 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
3 To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: francescoorio@virgilio.it
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Dear Sir,
We read with interest the paper by Panidis et al. (2003)
reporting reduced serum adiponectin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and would like to comment on some of the methodological and clinical aspects of the study.
The authors selected 85 women and classified them as: group I, 35 subjects