NEW PCOS STUDY looking at prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability due to polycystic ovary syndrome in 204 countries and territories has been published
What does this mean? 🧵
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What does this mean? 🧵
#PCOS #PCOSAwareness #PCOSStudy #Study #Research #Thread
Study looks at global, regional and national burden of PCOS by age and socio-demographic index.
It focuses on years of healthy life lost due to PCOS or any associated disabilities. The study spans time period 1990 - 2019.
A previous 2017 study showed that the global age-standardised PCOS incidence rate increased 1.45% over the period 1990 - 2017.
The global number of years lost to PCOS/associated disabilities rate in 2019 was 14.7, which is a 29.9% increase since 1990.
Although variations in how PCOS is defined is a major limitation when it comes to comparisons between different regions, the study finds that globally the burden of PCOS has increased at an alarming rate.
The takeaway? PCOS is a major public health concern and should be treated as such.
Read the full study here: academic.oup.com/humrep/advance…
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