Open AccessAcanthosis Nigricansin PCOS Patients and Its Relation with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Body Mass at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India
Author(s) -
G Shivaprakash,
Arindam Basu,
Ashwin Kamath,
Pallavi Shivaprakash,
Prabha Adhikari,
Rathnakar Up,
Gopalakrishna Hn,
Jagadish Rao Padubidri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/4930.2756
Subject(s) - medicine , acanthosis nigricans , body mass index , type 2 diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus , polycystic ovary , family history , waist , prospective cohort study , waist–hip ratio , obesity , pediatrics , endocrinology , insulin resistance
Acanthosis nigricansis was viewed recently as a possible marker of an increased risk for diabetes. Acanthosis Nigricans (AN) can help in identifying the patients with an increased risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) among Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) cases. Hence, this study was carried to know the prevalence of AN in PCOS and its correlation with diabetes mellitus and the body mass.