{"paper_id":"83fa37fa-9cde-43e9-8692-e4a118d8f578","body_text":"POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME;\nASSOCIATION OF BODY MASS INDEX WITH VITAMIN D LEVELS IN WOMEN\nDOI:\nhttps://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2017.24.06.1196Keywords:\nVitamin D,, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome,, Body Mass Index.Abstract\nBackground: Numerous ailments encompassing endometriosis, infertility and\npolycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are associated with Vitamin D deficiency. It is due to the\nexpression of vitamin D receptors in various tissues other than skeleton. Objectives: The current\nstudy was conducted to compare the levels of vitamin D with body mass index in women with\nPCOS and healthy females of Rawalpindi. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.\nPeriod: 6 months. Setting: Research work was done at Railway Hospital (Gynecology and\nObstetrics Department), Rawalpindi in alliance with Islamic International Medical College,\nRawalpindi. Materials and methods: A sample of 50 apparently healthy women and 100\ncases of polycystic ovarian syndrome in their reproductive age (15-45 years) were selected\nafter diagnosis by the clinician. Data was assembled by using a pre-structured questionnaire.\nData analysis was carried out using SPSS version 21. Results: Our results show that the body\nmass index in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (27.094+4.369) was considerably\n(p-value < 0.05) more in contrast to the healthy controls (20.739+3.452) but no significant\n(p-value >0.05) difference was observed between vitamin D levels across a range of Body\nmass indices among the controls and cases. Conclusion: No significant association between\nBMI and vitamin D status was found in healthy as well as PCO women.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}