Key result
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a complex metabolic disorder with increasing prevalence in the Indian subcontinent, necessitating early lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions.
Population
Women of reproductive age with polycystic ovary syndrome, with a focus on Asian Indians in the Indian…
Design
Review
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Alerts clinicians to rising PCOS burden in South Asians; leaves open optimal early interventions for prospective trials.
A rapidly increasing prevalence of PCOS and related metabolic disorders in Asian Indians suggests that primary prevention and active interventions should be initiated early in this population.
Allahbadia et al. (2008) conducted a review in Polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome is a complex metabolic disorder with increasing prevalence in the Indian subcontinent, necessitating early lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions.