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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0001-6002</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. costarric]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0001-6002</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0001-60022023000200065</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.51481/amc.v65i2.1265</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de mujeres universitarias con síndrome de ovario poliquístico en Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of university women with polycystic ovarian syndrome in Costa Rica]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Salazar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariann]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chinchilla-Monge]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Holst-Schumacher]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ileana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz-Corella]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Max]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calderón-Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Minor]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barrantes-Santamaría]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mauro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Compañía Roche Farma  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ San José]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica.</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Centro de Investigación en Cirugía y Cáncer (CICICA) ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Pedro Montes de Oca ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica.</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Microbiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Pedro Montes de Oca ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social Hospital de San Carlos Laboratorio Clínico.]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Microbiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Pedro Montes de Oca ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratorio Clínico Referencia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana.</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>65</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>65</fpage>
<lpage>76</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0001-60022023000200065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0001-60022023000200065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0001-60022023000200065&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen   Objetivo:  Caracterizar un grupo de mujeres universitarias costarricenses con síndrome de ovario poliquístico mediante una evaluación clínica y bioquímica.  Métodos:  Estudio observacional-descriptivo en que participaron 160 mujeres costarricenses con edades comprendidas entre los 17 y 28 años con el fin de identificar posibles asociaciones al síndrome de ovario poliquístico. Se estudiaron algunas de sus características físicas y parámetros clínicos, como sobrepeso, acné, hirsutismo, abortos espontáneos y trastornos menstruales, junto con parámetros bioquímicos, tales como glucosa, perfil lipídico, insulina, testosterona total y TSH, entre otros. Los datos fueron analizados aplicando estadística descriptiva. La prueba t-Student se utilizó para comparar los promedios de las variables con distribución normal, mientras que la prueba de Mann-Whitney se realizó para variables no paramétricas. Un valor de p &lt; 0,05 se consideró como significativo. Los coeficientes de Spearman se utilizaron para determinar los niveles de correlación entre las diferentes variables del estudio.  Resultados:  Las mujeres con síndrome de ovario poliquístico presentaron valores significativamente más altos en relación con las mujeres sin el síndrome en las variables de peso (p = 0,003), el índice de masa corporal (p &lt; 0,001), así como de la concentración sanguínea de testosterona total (p &lt; 0,001), LDL- colesterol (p = 0,020), triglicéridos (p &lt; 0,001) y el índice de Castelli (p &lt; 0,001). La concentración de HDL-colesterol (p &lt; 0,001) fue más alta en las mujeres sin el síndrome. Además, se observó una proporción más alta de mujeres con el síndrome que presentaban resistencia a la insulina (p = 0,007), la relación LH/ FSH &gt; 2,8 (p = 0,009), hirsutismo (p = 0,001), trastornos menstruales (p=0,029) y obesidad (p=0,014) en comparación con las mujeres sin el síndrome.  Conclusiones:  El hiperandrogenismo, la resistencia a la insulina, la concentración de lípidos alterada e índices de Castelli elevados son los parámetros bioquímicos más prevalentes en la muestra de mujeres costarricenses con síndrome de ovario poliquístico. La ejecución de proyectos con perfiles bioquímicos más amplios junto con pruebas de ultrasonido son los nuevos retos para futuras investigaciones del síndrome de ovario poliquístico en Costa Rica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Aim:  Describe some clinical findings and biochemical characterization of a sample of Costa Rican university women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.  Methods:  Observational-descriptive study where 160 Costa Rican women between 17 and 28 years old participated. Some physical characteristics and clinical parameters (overweight, acne, hirsutism, spontaneous abortions, menstrual disorders, among others) and biochemical parameters (glucose, lipid profile, insulin, total testosterone, TSH, among others) associated with the syndrome were studied. Data was analyzed applying descriptive statistics. The t-Student test was used to compare the means of the variables with normal distribution, while the Mann-Whitney test was performed for non-parametric variables. A p value &lt; 0.05 was considered significant. Spearman&#8217;s coefficients were used to determine the levels of correlation between the different study variables.  Results:  Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome presented significantly higher values in relation to women without the syndrome in the variables of weight (p = 0.003), body mass index (p &lt; 0.001), as well as blood total testosterone concentration (p &lt; 0.001), LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.020), triglycerides (p &lt; 0.001) and the Castelli index (p &lt; 0.001). HDL-cholesterol concentration (p &lt; 0.001) was significantly higher in women without the Syndrome. In addition, there was a significantly higher proportion of women with the syndrome who had insulin resistance (p = 0.007), LH/FSH ratio &gt; 2.8 (p = 0.009), hirsutism (p = 0.001), menstrual disorders (p=0.029) and obesity (p=0.014) compared to women without the syndrome.  Conclusions: Hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, altered lipid concentrations and high Castelli Indexes are the most prevalent biochemical parameters in the sample of Costa Rican women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. The execution of projects with broader biochemical profiles together with ultrasound tests are the new challenges for future research on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Costa Rica.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[obesidad]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[polycystic ovary syndrome]]></kwd>
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