To the Editor: Dabadghao and colleagues have drawn attention to the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) among Australian women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).1 Quite rightly, both in this article and in the accompanying editorial by Teede and Stuckey,2 the authors have stressed the need to test women with PCOS for diabetes, and that long-term follow-up and lifestyle modification are important.
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- 1 Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW.
- 2 Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: wah@westgate.wh.usyd.edu.au
- 1. Dabadghao P, Roberts BJ, Wang J, et al. Glucose tolerance abnormalities in Australian women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Med J Aust 2007; 187: 328-331. <MJA full text>
- 2. Teede HJ, Stuckey BGA. Polycystic ovary syndrome and abnormal glucose tolerance [editorial]. Med J Aust 2007; 187: 324-325. <MJA full text>
- 3. Cheung NW, Ross GP, McElduff A. Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2005; 45: 479-483.
- 4. Cundy T, Gamble G, Townend K, et al. Perinatal mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med 2000; 17: 33-39.
- 5. McElduff A, Cheung NW, McIntyre HD, et al. The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society consensus guidelines for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in relation to pregnancy. Med J Aust 2005; 183: 373-377. <MJA full text>
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