Healio (2/5, Rhoades) reports, “Women with polycystic ovary syndrome were at a more than eightfold risk for attempting suicide, with young adults particularly susceptible to risk, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.” In the study, “researchers found that, overall, participants with PCOS had an 8.47-fold (95% CI, 7.54-9.51) increased risk for suicide attempts vs. the control group, even after adjusting for demographics, psychiatric comorbid conditions and all-cause clinical visits.”
MedPage Today (2/5, Monaco ) reports, “Incidence of suicide attempts for women with PCOS was 3.0%, compared with 0.3% among matched controls, the researchers reported.
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— “Study: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome face increased risk for suicide attempts,”Andrew (Drew) Rhoades, Healio, February 5, 2024