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Association between polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: a meta-analysis

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Clin Exp Pediatr > Volume 65(3); 2022
Rastad and Seifi Alan: Association between polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: a meta-analysis
To the editor: We read with great interest a meta-analysis by Maleki et al. [1] on the association between prenatal excess of androgen exposure in the offspring of mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in them. They found that maternal PCOS increases the offspring risk of ADHD. However, we have to point out a deficiency of this study, we noted that 1 of 6 articles that were included in this study did not meet the eligibility criteria as it’s object was different [2]. Hergüner et al. [2] aimed to compare ADHD symptoms between women with PCOS and controls. This deficiency may introduce bias and lead to a false conclusion.

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This letter received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

References

1. Maleki A, Bashirian S, Soltanian AZ, Jenabi E, Farhadinasab A. Association between polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: a meta-analysis. Clin Exper Pediatr 2021;37:716–20.
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2. Hergüner S, Harmancı H, Toy H. Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Int J Psychiatry Med 2015;50:317–25.
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