Sex steroids and personality traits in the middle luteal phase of healthy normally menstruating young professional women

Pavlina D. Avgoustinaki, Effrosyni Mitsopoulou, Gregorios Chlouverakis, Theoni Triantafillou, Maria Venihaki, Sofia Koukouli, Andrew N. Margioris

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OBJECTIVE: Sex steroids affect human behavior. The aim of the present study was to determine the associations, if any, between the circulating levels of gonadal and adrenal sex steroids in the mid luteal phase (21st day of a normal menstrual cycle, MC) of young professional …

Associations of menstrual cycle irregularities with age, obesity and phenotype in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Dimitrios Panidis, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Efstathios Papadakis, Panagiotis Chatzis, Eleni A. Kandaraki, Elena A. Tsourdi, Djuro Macut, Jelica Bjekic-Macut, Apostolos Marthopoulos, Ilias Katsikis

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OBJECTIVE: Limited data suggest that menstrual cycle abnormalities are more pronounced in younger and more obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We aimed to evaluate the association between menstrual cycle pattern and age, obesity and PCOS phenotype in a large population of women with PCOS …