Risk of hypertension in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

• Main Authors: Mina Amiri (Author), Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani (Author), Samira Behboudi-Gandevani (Author), Razieh Bidhendi-Yarandi (Author), Enrico Carmina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A limited number of publications have assessed the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients with inconclusive results. Since in general populations the occurrence of hypertension is related to age per se, we investigated the prevalence (P) / r...