CRP and polycystic ovary syndrome: Previous studies have demonstrated that almost all cardiovascular (CV) risk factors including obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, atherogenic dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, C-reactive protein are elevated in patients with PCOS [2–6]; these risk factors are present even in young PCOS patients and predispose to development of early atherosclerosis, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality [5, 7, 8].