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This syndrome is a growing concern among adolescents around the world, with varying reports of its prevalence in different parts of the world.\r\nObjective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents by a systematic review and meta-analysis.\r\nMaterials and Methods: In this study, a search for published articles with an English language limitation and without a time limit was done in different databases (Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science, Emabse and Cochrane) in January 2019. The 12 studies that met the criteria for entering a qualitative assessment scale of 5 and higher were subjected to systematic review and meta-analysis. Egger and Begg\u2019s tests were used to check the publication bias. Data were analyzed with STATA software, version 11.1.\r\nResults: Twelve studies were included for meta-analysis. The total number of participants in the study was 149,477. The average quality score of all studies was 8.67 (range: 5\u201310). The prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in adolescents based on the Rotterdam criteria was 11.04% (95% CI: 6.84\u201316.09%), based on the National Institute of Health criteria, it was 3.39% (95% CI: 0.28\u20139.54%), and based on Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society, it was 8.03% (95% CI: 6.24\u201310.01%).\r\nConclusion: The result of this study showed that there is a variation in the prevalence of PCOS in adolescents based on different criteria; we suggest more community-based studies among adolescences in different parts of the world.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.18502\/ijrm.v17i8.4818","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,4]],"date-time":"2019-09-04T08:33:50Z","timestamp":1567586030000},"page":"533-542","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18502\/knecrossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["The prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.18502","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Marzieh","family":"Saei Ghare Naz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fahimeh","family":"Ramezani Tehrani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hamid","family":"Alavi Majd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fazlollah","family":"Ahmadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giti","family":"Ozgoli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Farzaneh","family":"Rashidi Fakari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vida","family":"Ghasemi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"7770","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"14997","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Pasquali R. 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