Prevalence, Phenotypes, and Comorbidities of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Among Indian Women

October 2024 in “ JAMA Network Open ”

Mohd Ashraf Ganie, Subhankar Chowdhury, Neena Malhotra, Rakesh Sahay, Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya, Sarita Agrawal, Puthiyaveettil Khadar Jabbar, Vanita Suri, Roya Rozati, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Mohammad Salem Baba, Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani, Haroon Rashid, Abhilash Nair, Amlin Shukla, Taruna Arora, Bharati Kulkarni, Parvaiz A Koul, Zafar A. Shah, Shariq Rashid Masoodi, Tariq Parvez, Ghulam Nabi Yatoo, Nicole Chow, Tariq Gojwari, Muzaffar Wani, Seema Qayoom, Wahid Ali Khan, Rama Walia, Deepenkar De, Aashima Arora, Tulika Singh, Neena Khanna, Nitish Naik, Shyam Prakash, Nandita Gupta, Rajesh Sagar, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Narender Kuber Bodhey, Eli Mohapatra, Sabah Siddiqui, Gourisankar Kamilya, Archana Singh, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Nehar Ranjan Sarkar, Alice Abraham Ruram, Jessy Abraham, Donboklang Lynser, Manika Agrawal, Lin Rao, Sudha Bindu, Malathi Ponnuru, Nadeem Ahmad, Sujatha Rani, Aleem Ahmad Khan, Sultan Rizwan Ahmad, Prabhakar Rao, Nirmala Chongtham, Anuja Elizabeth George, Jayasree Leelamma, Gaurav Thakur, Saba Noor, Khursheed Paddar, Gaivee Vinam Meshram, Sunil Choudhary, Aafia Rashid, Wasia Showkat, Rohina Bashir, Rabiya Rashid, Jaida Manzoor, Nisar Ahmad, Pieu Adhikary, Subhasish Pramanik, Rahul Harish, Mudasir Makhdoomi, Mudasir Fayaz, Nafeez Rehman, Neha Ravi, Ajay Kumar, Siffali Chandrakar, Nithlesh Kumar, Sudipta Banerjee, Humaira Minhaj, B. Bhaskar, Shaik Iqbal, Babu Ram, Arya Suresh, RS Sharma, Shalini Singh, Malabika Roy, Reeta Rasilly, Nomita Chandiok, M. Rajab, A. R. Reshi, Deeba Farhat, Abid Rashid, Nusrat Jahan, Sunil Choudhary, Naila Mohiudin, Ranjith Sreedharan

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome PCOS phenotype C metabolic abnormalities

Studysummary This study found that among reproductive-age women across India, there was a high prevalence of PCOS, with phenotype C being predominant and most women exhibiting metabolic abnormalities, highlighting the importance of integrating PCOS management into national health strategies.

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