TY - T1 - Effect of polycystic ovary syndrome on cardiac autonomic function at a late fertile age: a prospective Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/313009 T3 - A1 - Ollila, Meri-Maija; Kiviniemi, Antti; Stener-Victorin, Elisabet; Tulppo, Mikko; Puukka, Katri; Tapanainen, Juha; Franks, Stephen; Morin-Papunen, Laure; Piltonen, Terhi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - OBJECTIVES: Previous studies of women in their 20s and 30s have reported impaired autonomic function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We aimed to study, for the first time, whether PCOS is associated with impaired cardiac autonomic function independent of metabolic and hormonal status in their late reproductive years. DESIGN: A prospective Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966) study including 5889 women born in 1966 and followed through the age of 46. At that age, n=3706/5... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - PCOS; heart rate; heart rate variability; metabolism; obesity; 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics N1 - PP - ER -