[Biological insulin resistance in Congolese woman with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)].

Objectives: Metabolic features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have been poorly investigated in African women where environmental factors are different from those occurring in developed countries. This study aimed to determine the frequency and features of insulin resistance (IR) in Congolese women affected by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Patients And Methods: This was a case-control study conducted in women received in three hospital institutions in Kinshasa from 2006-2007.

[The characteristics of pregnancy-puerperium in central Africa. I. Cesarean section in 3 different areas in Zaire].

A series of 5,127 deliveries carried out in rural (Boende), in semi-urban (Bonzola) and in the urban university teaching hospital units was studied from April to September 1986 to assess pregnancy and the puerperium in a Zairian population. In particular the Caesarean section rate was looked at. Two hundred and forty eight Caesareans were carried out--a rate of 4.