What is the relationship between body mass index, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Indian women?
Lifestyle modification to reduce metabolic syndrome risk is advisable at a lower BMI threshold (22.5 kg/m2) in Indian women with PCOS compared to the normal population (23 kg/m2).
MBS is more prevalent in women with PCOS. However, obesity is an independent and stronger risk factor for developing MBS. To reduce the risk of MBS and its related long-term health consequences, lifestyle modification is advisable above BMI of 23 kg/m(2) in the normal population and 22.5 kg/m(2) in women with PCOS.
Sharma et al. (Thu,) studied this question.