Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study

Background: Among women of the reproductive age, the most prevalent endocrine disease with (15-44) percentile is the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Last decades, many studies indicated that vitamin D deficiency in women with PCOS may aggravate hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance. Obj...

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Main Authors: Zainab Nur-Eldeen Aziz, Basil O. Saleh, Ansam Zeki Thaker
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Language:English
Published: University of Baghdad/ Al-Kindy College of Medicine 2024-12-01
Series:مجله كليه طب الكندي
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Online Access:https://jkmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/MEDICAL/article/view/1289
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description Background: Among women of the reproductive age, the most prevalent endocrine disease with (15-44) percentile is the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Last decades, many studies indicated that vitamin D deficiency in women with PCOS may aggravate hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance. Objectives This study was designed to investigate the role of some biochemical markers and hormonal status in evaluation the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad. It included: group I: Twenty-five women with PCOS who were treated with metformin and followed for 8 weeks, and group II:  Twenty-five women with PCOS who were treated with vitamin D3 and followed for 8 weeks. Serum investigations included measurements of HOMA-IR, 25 hydroxyvitamin D3, adiponectin, androgen indices by ELISA technique Results: The mean (±SD) values of HOMA-IR, free testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and adiponectin levels were significantly improved after treatment in both groups of metformin and vitamin D supplement compared with before their treatment (p < 0.05). In addition, there was no significant differences after treatment between women treated with metformin and those treated with vitamin D supplement for all the measured parameters (p > 0.05). PCOS women treated with vitamin D showed significant negative correlation between SHBG and BMI (r= -0.976, p <0.001) Conclusions: Measurements of serum free testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and adiponectin are good indicators for efficacy of vitamin D supplement in improvement of insulin resistance and androgen disturbances of PCOS.
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spelling doaj-art-555a5d83d7a444c6b2c8efacb847fd472025-08-20T02:36:02ZengUniversity of Baghdad/ Al-Kindy College of Medicineمجله كليه طب الكندي1810-95432521-43652024-12-0120310.47723/nb5he0781215Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative StudyZainab Nur-Eldeen Aziz0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8637-5746Basil O. Saleh1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0053-5422Ansam Zeki Thaker2Department of Clinical biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq Department of Clinical biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IraqMinistry of Health, Kamal Al- Samarraei hospital for infertility management and IVF, Baghdad, Iraq Background: Among women of the reproductive age, the most prevalent endocrine disease with (15-44) percentile is the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Last decades, many studies indicated that vitamin D deficiency in women with PCOS may aggravate hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance. Objectives This study was designed to investigate the role of some biochemical markers and hormonal status in evaluation the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad. It included: group I: Twenty-five women with PCOS who were treated with metformin and followed for 8 weeks, and group II:  Twenty-five women with PCOS who were treated with vitamin D3 and followed for 8 weeks. Serum investigations included measurements of HOMA-IR, 25 hydroxyvitamin D3, adiponectin, androgen indices by ELISA technique Results: The mean (±SD) values of HOMA-IR, free testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and adiponectin levels were significantly improved after treatment in both groups of metformin and vitamin D supplement compared with before their treatment (p < 0.05). In addition, there was no significant differences after treatment between women treated with metformin and those treated with vitamin D supplement for all the measured parameters (p > 0.05). PCOS women treated with vitamin D showed significant negative correlation between SHBG and BMI (r= -0.976, p <0.001) Conclusions: Measurements of serum free testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and adiponectin are good indicators for efficacy of vitamin D supplement in improvement of insulin resistance and androgen disturbances of PCOS. https://jkmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/MEDICAL/article/view/1289PCOS Vitamin D3Androgen hormoneHOMA-IRMetformin
spellingShingle Zainab Nur-Eldeen Aziz
Basil O. Saleh
Ansam Zeki Thaker
Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study
مجله كليه طب الكندي
PCOS
Vitamin D3
Androgen hormone
HOMA-IR
Metformin
title Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study
title_full Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study
title_fullStr Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study
title_full_unstemmed Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study
title_short Free Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Adiponectin in the Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Metformin Comparative Study
title_sort free testosterone dihydrotestosterone and adiponectin in the evaluation of vitamin d supplementation for polycystic ovarian syndrome a metformin comparative study
topic PCOS
Vitamin D3
Androgen hormone
HOMA-IR
Metformin
url https://jkmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/MEDICAL/article/view/1289
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