<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="Research Article" dtd-version="1.0"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">iarjcmb</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pubmed">IARJCMB</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IARJCMB</journal-id><issn>2789-6005</issn></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47310/iarjcmb.2024.v0i402.003</article-id><title-group><article-title>Physiological and Socio-Demographic Factors of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Iraqi women</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Wajida</given-names><surname>Ataallah</surname></name></contrib><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-a" /></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><given-names>Hiyam Adel</given-names><surname>Altaii</surname></name></contrib><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-b" /></contrib-group><aff-id id="aff-a">Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq</aff-id><aff-id id="aff-b">Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul- Iraq.</aff-id><abstract>One of the most prevalent endocrine disorders affecting women in their reproductive years is polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), which has an inflammatory foundation. 10% of women who are fertile are afflicted with this syndrome. PCOS the most common causes of infertility in women. Obesity, an ovulation, and hyperandrogenism are linked to PCOS. The aim of this study is to study some physiological, clinical, and socio-demographic factors. Sixty women in the PCOS case group and 60 healthy women in the control group of ages 18–45 were included. The study was conducted from November 10, 2023, to February 20, 2024, in hospitals in the city of Mosul (Al-Khansa Teaching Hospital and Al-Salam Teaching Hospital). The results showed there were no statistically significant differences according to BMI and age(P&amp;gt;0.05). Also, a low level of estradiol was found in the serum of the PCOS group compared with the healthy control group, indicating a significant difference (P-value &amp;lt; 0.05), according to History of infertility, Menstrual cycle, Hirsutism, Acne, Stress, Educational Level, Metaformen also there is no significant differences (P-value &amp;lt; 0.05). Conclusions the study underscores the critical role of socio-demographic factors in the prevalence and manifestation of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in Iraq.</abstract></article-meta></front><body /><back /></article>