title: [Sex ratio in the offspring of pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome: effect of different phenotypes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper was to investigate the sex ratio in the offspring of pregnant patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of 70 pregnant patients with PCOS who achieve a pregnancy without any kind of treatment, and having as controls 63 healthy pregnant women without any feature of PCOS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant difference in sex ratio was detected between PCOS and controls, even if it resulted significantly different in the full-blown and non-PCO phenotypes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PCOS phenotypes influenced the sex ratio in the offspring, suggesting that environmental factors could play a role in determination of the offspring gender.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. stefanopalomba@tin.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palomba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falbo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rocca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Condorelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zullo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D012744:Sex Ratio