Fatty tissue as well as muscles can convert the androgens to a form of oestrogen called oestrone by a process called «aromatisation». (ericbakker.com)
Oestradiol is the most abundant oestrogen, and its friend oestrone breaks down in one of two different directions. (nourishbalancethrive.com)
When a PCOD woman has excess bodyweight to the point of being obese, her increased fat has a greatly increased capacity to enhance this process, and too much oestrone is produced which leads to chronically high levels of oestrogen. (ericbakker.com)