PMID- 36243118 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221114 LR - 20221114 IS - 1879-0631 (Electronic) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 310 DP - 2022 Dec 1 TI - Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) increases the risk of subsequent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): A novel therapeutic perspective. PG - 121069 LID - S0024-3205(22)00769-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121069 [doi] AB - Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial disorder that harms both the reproductive as well as metabolic health of women. In addition, PCOS is a leading symptom of infertility in women. Nevertheless, PCOS-afflicted women who are fortunate enough to become pregnant unfortunately have an increased risk of pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), preterm birth, etc. Many people believe GDM disappears after childbirth, despite the fact that GDM is a warning symptom of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). According to growing evidence, GDM complicates 40 % of PCOS pregnancies, suggesting that PCOS is a risk factor for GDM. Hence, PCOS is a lifelong disorder that can eventually lead to various long-term health complications, including chronic menstrual irregularity, infertility, endometrial hyperplasia, and endometrial cancer. Thus, it's an undeniable scientific fact that both PCOS and GDM are significantly associated with each other. However, most studies on the risk of GDM in PCOS patients are retrospective, hence inconclusive evidence exists as to whether PCOS per se is a risk factor for GDM or any other factor associated. Henceforth, we intend to get a better therapeutic perspective of the maternal health complications associated with PCOS and GDM. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Choudhury, Abbas Alam AU - Choudhury AA AD - Department of Bio-Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: abbas.choudhury@gmail.com. FAU - Rajeswari, V Devi AU - Rajeswari VD AD - Department of Bio-Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: vdevirajeswari@vit.ac.in. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20221013 PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 SB - IM MH - Infant, Newborn MH - Pregnancy MH - Humans MH - Female MH - *Diabetes, Gestational MH - *Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/complications MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications MH - Retrospective Studies MH - *Premature Birth MH - Risk Factors MH - *Infertility OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diabetes OT - GDM OT - Infertility OT - Metabolic OT - PCOS OT - Reproductive COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors have declared that there is no conflict of interest in publishing this article. EDAT- 2022/10/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/15 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/15 19:33 PHST- 2022/09/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/10/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/15 19:33 [entrez] AID - S0024-3205(22)00769-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121069 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 2022 Dec 1;310:121069. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121069. Epub 2022 Oct 13.