According to the reports of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Women with Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a problem in which a woman's hormones are imbalanced, are highly prone to diabetes.

After conducting the several survey, researches and monitoring patients during the Out Patient Department (OPD) sessions, Doctors from AIIMS have discovered that insulin resistance is an integral part of PCOS and that woman with the syndrome are at a higher risk for diabetes than the general population.

Md. Ashraf Ganie, a senior endocrinology consultant and assistant professor at AIIMS, said, "Insulin resistance has been recognized as a risk factor for diabetes and may be the earliest detectable abnormality in individuals who proceed to develop diabetes".

A condition in which the body produces insulin but does not use it effectively known as Insulin resistance.

When people have insulin resistance, glucose builds up in the blood instead of being absorbed by the cells, leading to type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes.

Most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age is PCOS.

Ganie said, "Insulin resistance has been recognized as a risk factor for diabetes and may be the earliest detectable abnormality in individuals who proceed to develop diabetes".

Currently, India reports 10 % of the world's PCOS cases. The available data about PCOS suggests its prevalence to be around 4-10 % of its population in USA, two % in European Countries, and 20-25 % in women.

As per recent reports of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) 2014, diabetes is fast spreading across the world and over 387 million people will have diabetes by 2035.

Symptoms of PCOS include irregular menstrual periods, irregular ovulation, hirutism, weight gain, hair loss and oily skin or acne. But the symptoms may vary from person to person.