eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-05-04 6 2 827 830 9034 article N.C. Sivakumar 2 Indira A. Jayaraj 2 R. Jayaraj 2 D. Srinivasa Rao 1 Kongunadu Arts and Science college, Coimbatore, (India). Center for Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur (India). To determine the insulin resistance in PCOS women of rural and urban area, BMI, Fasting glucose and Fasting insulin levels measured in 120 PCOS women (60 from rural and 60 from urban) and 10 normal from rural and urban women were recruited for control. It was found that urban PCOS women had mean BMI of 29±4.3 kg/m2 and rural PCOS women had mean BMI of 27±3.6 kg/m².The insulin resistance of urban PCOS and rural PCOS women were 8.65±2.9 and 9.85±3.2 kg/m² respectively. The Urban PCOS women had high BMI and low insulin resistance when compared with the rural PCOS women. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol6no2/a-comparative-study-of-insulin-resistance-in-infertile-women-with-polycystic-ovarian-syndrome-in-the-rural-and-urban-areas/ Insulin resistance; polycystic ovarian syndrome; rural; urban areas