Figures & data
Table 1. Modified PI(E)COS strategy for the selection of descriptors used in the search for articles in the databases.
Table 2. Menstrual pattern data extracted from selected studies.
Table 3. Age, age at menarche, and BMI of the adolescents in the PCOS and NPCOS groups. Article quality rating by the NOS scale.
Table 4. Meta-analysis of age at menarche and BMI of analyzed adolescent groups (PCOS and NPCOS).
Data availability statement
The data that support the findings of this study were derived from the following resources available in the public domain: PubMed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed), EMBASE (https://www.embase.com), Web of Science (https://isiknowledge.com), Virtual Health Library (http://bvsalud.org), and Scopus (https://www.scopus.com)