Comparison of maternal and fetal complications in women with various phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome

Introduction: The prevalence of maternal and fetal complications in pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is higher than non-infected women. This study was performed with aim to evaluate the prevalence of pregnancy complications in women with different phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome based on the NIH in addition to Rotterdam criteria. Methods: In this retrospective study, the pregnancy records of 266 PCOS women were investigated based on their medical file in 2014-2016. These women based on PCOS related clinical symptoms were divided to two groups: The first group, or group A (severe phenotype), included women who had all three clinical signs of oligo-anovulation, hyper-androgenism, and ovarian cysts, or only two signs of oligo-ovulation and hyper-androgenism when the disease was diagnosed. Group B included people who had only hyper-androgenism with ovarian cysts (PCOM) or oligovulation with ovarian cysts (mild phenotype).The maternal and fetal complications during pregnancy was retrospectively evaluated between two groups based on the participants’ medical records information. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 17) and Mann-Whitney, Chi-square, T test and Logistic Regression. P