Evaluation of the Prevalence, Regional Phenotypic Variation, Comorbidities, Risk Factors, and Variations in Response to Different Therapeutic Modalities Among Indian Women: Proposal for the Indian Council of Medical Research–Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (ICMR–PCOS) Study

• Published in: JMIR research protocols Vol. 10; no. 8; p. e23437
• Main Authors: Ganie, Mohd Ashraf, Chowdhury, Subhankar, Suri, Vanita, Joshi, Beena, Bhattacharya, Prasanta Kumar, Agrawal, Sarita, Malhotra, Neena, Sahay, Rakesh, Rozati, Roya, Jabbar, Puthiyaveettil Khadar, Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla, Sriwastva, Mukesh, Wani, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Singh, Shalini, Sharma, Radhey Shyam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 27.08.2021
• Subjects: Proposal; prevalence; community pool; phenotypic variations; therapeutic modalities; ovarian morphology; metabolic dysfunction; PCOS epidemiology; metabolic aberrations; India; polycystic ovary syndrome

There is scanty data in India on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) from several small, undersized, convenience-based studies employing differing diagnostic criteria and reporting varied regional prevalence. It is difficult to draw clear-cut conclusions from these studies; therefore, the present multi...