Obesity impairs general health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in premenopausal women to a greater extent than polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Álvarez Blasco, Francisco ^a   Luque Ramírez, Manuel ^a   Escobar Morreale, Héctor F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

EID: 78449304760     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03842.x     Document Type: Article

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