Correlation of vitamin-D with other metabolic parameters in women with PCOS.

Background: PCOS is a common endocrine disorder among young women which results in metabolic and hormonal disturbances. Due to high risk of these patients to be associated with infertility, obesity, diabetes etc., it is considered as an important subject of study to correlate various biochemical and demographic parameters specifically. Aim: The present study was aimed to accesses vitamin D levels in PCOS women to correlate with the metabolic parameters of PCOS. Materials and methods: A total of 84 PCOS women following Rotterdam criteria were enrolled for the present study. Women who were on insulin sensitizers, hormone therapy and vitamin D were excluded. Various biochemical and demographic parameters such as weight, age, Fasting blood glucose, OGTT, Triglyceride, HDL, LDL, Vitamin D levels were measured. All the values were expressed as Mean ± SD. Unpaired t-test and Chi-square test were used for comparative study of the data between the groups. Conclusion: Among the study population, obese women were high in number and were observed to be more prone to the metabolic disturbances due to PCOS. Hypovitaminosis-D was significantly observed among these women. Therefore, regular screening of Vitamin D levels would avoid many clinical complications among the women with PCOS and Obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]