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Is insulin resistance the mediator in PCOS, or is it the weight loss?

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My laboratory results are from the same laboratory each time, drawn fasting, which I gather matters.

This is one of those things that everyone repeats and nobody derives.

This matters practically, not just academically, because it changes what I would do next.

What is the causal chain, and where does it stop being established?

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