A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found a correlation between PCOS and regional variation. The researchers took Black and white women from both Alabama and California to prove their hypothesis. What they found was that 85% of those with PCOS in Alabama were more likely to experience the side effects of excess body hair, while in California, that percentage was down to 73.

Now, new research Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism A study conducted in the United States suggests that the region in which a person with PCOS lives correlates with symptoms and may explain such differences. In this study, a team led by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center showed that the frequency of certain PCOS symptoms differed between women living in Alabama and California.

Scientists have identified some genetic risk factors, as well as environmental ones, and now a group of researchers has shown regional differences in the way people experience the condition. In this study, a team led by researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, showed that the frequency of certain PCOS symptoms differs in women that live in Alabama and in California.

The researchers compared data from 1,620 back and white women with PCOS in Alabama and California. They found regional differences in the way these women met criteria for the diagnosis of PCOS and in symptoms associated with PCOS, with some variations among black and white women. When comparing black women with PCOS in Alabama and California, the average body mass index did not differ between the locations, whereas in white women with PCOS, the average BMI was higher in Alabama than California.