TY - JOUR
T1 - Coexistence of asthma and polycystic ovary syndrome
T2 - A concise review
AU - Zierau, Louise
AU - Gade, Elisabeth Juul
AU - Lindenberg, Svend
AU - Backer, Vibeke
AU - Thomsen, Simon Francis
N1 - Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Asthma may be associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and possibly patients with PCOS have a more severe type of asthma. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to summarize evidence of a coexistense of PCOS and asthma using the available literature. The search was completed on 01.01.2016. English language articles were retrieved using the search terms 'Asthma' AND 'PCOS', 'Asthma' AND 'systemic inflammation', 'Asthma' AND 'metabolic syndrome', 'asthma' AND 'gynaecology', 'PCOS' AND 'systemic inflammation', 'PCOS' AND 'metabolic syndrome', 'PCOS' AND 'allergy'. Five papers meeting prespecified search criteria were found of which two were registry studies of relevance. The current literature supports a coexistense of PCOS and asthma and gives us an indication of the causes for the possible link between PCOS and asthma. Further research in the area must be conducted to determine the exact nature and magnitude of the association.
AB - Asthma may be associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and possibly patients with PCOS have a more severe type of asthma. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to summarize evidence of a coexistense of PCOS and asthma using the available literature. The search was completed on 01.01.2016. English language articles were retrieved using the search terms 'Asthma' AND 'PCOS', 'Asthma' AND 'systemic inflammation', 'Asthma' AND 'metabolic syndrome', 'asthma' AND 'gynaecology', 'PCOS' AND 'systemic inflammation', 'PCOS' AND 'metabolic syndrome', 'PCOS' AND 'allergy'. Five papers meeting prespecified search criteria were found of which two were registry studies of relevance. The current literature supports a coexistense of PCOS and asthma and gives us an indication of the causes for the possible link between PCOS and asthma. Further research in the area must be conducted to determine the exact nature and magnitude of the association.
U2 - 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.08.025
DO - 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.08.025
M3 - Review
C2 - 27692138
SN - 0954-6111
VL - 119
SP - 155
EP - 159
JO - Respiratory Medicine
JF - Respiratory Medicine
ER -