The Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in a Community Sample of Iranian Population: Iranian PCOS Prevalence Study

January 2011 in “ Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology ”

Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Masoumeh Simbar, Maryam Tohidi, Farhad Hosseinpanah, Fereidoun Azizi

polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS National Institute of Health criteria NIH criteria Androgen Excess Society criteria AES criteria Rotterdam consensus criteria primary infertility Rotterdam criteria

Studysummary Among reproductive-aged women in Iran, this study found that the prevalence of PCOS varied significantly depending on the diagnostic criteria used, with estimates ranging from 7.1% to 14.6%.

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