Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (Aug 2005)

Prevalence of ultrasonography proved polycystic ovaries in North Indian women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

  • Laway Bashir A,
  • Bashir Mir I,
  • Masoodi Shariq R,
  • Wani Arshad I,
  • Gupta Vipin K,
  • Zargar Abdul H,
  • Ganie Mohammad A,
  • Salahuddin Mohammad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-3-35
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 35

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Abstract Background Polycystic ovaries (PCO) and their clinical expression (the polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS]) as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are common medical conditions linked through insulin resistance. We studied the prevalence of PCO and PCOS in women with diet and/or oral hypoglycemic treated T2DM and non-diabetic control women. Design Prospective study. Methods One hundred and five reproductive age group women with diet and /or oral hypoglycemic treated T2DM were the subjects of the study. Sixty age-matched non-diabetic women served as controls. Transabdominal ultrasonographic assessment of the ovaries was used to diagnose PCO. Clinical, biochemical and hormonal parameters were also noted. Results Ultrasonographic prevalence of PCO was higher in women with diabetes than in non-diabetic subjects (61.0% vs. 36.7%, P 0.1). Diabetic women with PCO had diabetes of significantly longer duration than those without PCO (4.19±2.0 versus 2.9±1.6 yrs; p Conclusion This study demonstrates a higher prevalence of PCO in women with T2DM as compared to non-diabetic subjects.