Gynecology & Obstetrics
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Ratnabali Chakravorty

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  The Relationship between Vitamin D, Insulin Resistance and Infertility in PCOS Women
  Author(s): Dipanshu Sur and Ratnabali ChakravortyDipanshu Sur and Ratnabali Chakravorty
  
  It has been speculated that the majority of individuals in the India are deficient in Vitamin D and that Vitamin D deficiency has become an epidemic in our country. There is widespread prevalence of varying degrees (50- 90%) of Vitamin D deficiency with low dietary calcium intake in Indian population according to various studies published earlier. A deficiency of Vitamin D not only causes poor bone mineralization but also has been implicated in numerous us chronic diseases. Vitamin D deficiency is common in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), with the 67-85% of women with PCOS having serum concentrations of 25-hydroxy Vitamin D (25OHD) <20 ng/ml. Vitamin D deficiency may intensify symptoms of PCOS, with observational studies showing lower 25OHD levels were associated with insulin resistance, ovulatory and menstrual irregularities, lower pregnancy success rate, hirsutism, h.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932.1000294

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