Hamidreza Tabatabaee Author
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Islamic Azad University, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University,quchan Branch, Shahid Beheshti Medical University
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Author(s): Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Tahereh Naderi, Mohammad H. Dabbaghmanesh and Hamidreza Tabatabaee
The prevalence of hypertension and obesity among the adolescents with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in Shiraz is a crosssectional, descriptive study was conducted on 3200 high-school students in 2010. 146 adolescents were diagnosed with PCOS by an endocrinologist. Besides, 46 healthy adolescents were selected as the control group. Comparison of the prevalence of obesity and hypertension was made based on Ferranti scale. The results also revealed a significant difference between the two groups regarding the rate of android obesity above the 90th percentile (P=0.037). Howe... view moreĀ»