Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

A study to find out the prevalence and associated risk factors of Hirsutism in poly cystic ovarian syndrome and non–polycystic ovarian syndrome individuals

Harish. N, Dr. L. Kannan, Ganesh Balaji. R, Jeyraveena. N. M, Harshitha Thanigaivel, Jayashree Boochandran, Varun Prakash. V. A. , Vishnu Karthikeyan. L. E, Harshath Khan. S, Nivedha, Vikram Swamy. T, Nanda. K. Samy, Kavin Rathinam, Muthukumar. R, Vidhya. R

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 Back ground: Excessive growth of hair in men and women on parts of the body is denoted as Hirsutism. (1) The growth of hair predominantly occurs after puberty in both sexes. This presence of evidence can be identified by ferriman gallwey score. There are various factors contributing for the hair growth in females after puberty, one such factor is hormonal imbalance, diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Hence the objective of this study to find out the prevalence of hirsutism and its associated risk factors among polycystic ovarian syndrome and nonpolycystic ovarian syndrome individuals. Methods: Cross sectional study designs were done among 143 individuals, the study subjects were selected randomly from outpatient and inpatient department of Obstetrics and gynecology, Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology of Sri Ramachandra University. The tools of measurement were taken with a validated questionnaire of back ground characteristics and questions pertaining to hirsutism among PCOS and Non PCOS individuals. Results: Among 143 individuals the overall prevalence of Hirsutism was 21.7% in PCOS and NonPCOS individuals. The prevalence of hirsutism among PCOS and Non PCOS individuals were 37.7 and 12.2 percentages. This difference of observation was found to have statistically significant p<0.0001.The result was compared with other risk factors like Diabetes,Obesity,Intake of Junk food was found to have statistically significant p<0.0001. Conclusion: This study proved a strong association of increased prevalence of hirsutism in polycystic ovarian syndrome individuals compared to other individuals.

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Harish.N, Dr.L.Kannan, Ganesh balaji.R, Jeyraveena.N.M, Harshitha Thanigaivel, Jayashree Boochandran, Varun Prakash.V.A., Vishnu Karthikeyan.L.E, Harshath Khan.S, Nivedha, Vikram Swamy.T, Nanda.K.Samy, Kavin Rathinam, Muthukumar. R, Vidhya.R, A study to find out the prevalence and associated risk factors of Hirsutism in poly cystic ovarian syndrome and non–polycystic ovarian syndrome individuals, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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