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Both groups were compared with a control group of 3,775 women without PCOS. Women with normoandrogenic PCOS had higher CVD risk than women without PCOS (aHR = 1.9; 95% CI, 1.35-2.69).

And most importantly, cardiovascular disease, which causes heart failure and stroke, was not only 30% to 50% more likely, but occurred three to four years earlier than average in women with PCOS.

More women with vs without PCOS who were hospitalized with thrombotic (92.59% vs 27.03%; P <.05), atherosclerotic (74.21% vs 11.49%; P <.05), or cerebrovascular (86.06% vs 12.18%; P <.05) diseases ...