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AI-Driven Early Detection of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome via Follicle Count

Thota, D.; Mahesha, A.; Khasim, M. F.; Kethineni, K. P.; Pothireddygari, B.; Rahmani, B.

2026-09-04 health informatics
10.64898/2026.09.01.26361974 medRxiv
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a common endocrine disorder characterized by ovulatory dysfunction, hyperandrogenism, and/or polycystic ovarian morphology, with significant reproductive and metabolic consequences. Due to heterogeneous symptom profiles, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is frequently underdiagnosed or diagnosed late. In this study, we develop machine learning models for early Polycystic Ovary Syndrome prediction using a structured clinical dataset with 42 features and 542 patient records. After data cleaning and normalization, correlation-based feature selection was applied to retain the most predictive variables. Multiple models were trained and evaluated, including Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, KNN, and Random Forest. Results demonstrate that Random Forest achieves the best overall performance (approximately 88% accuracy), suggesting that ensemble models can effectively capture non-linear feature interactions in clinical data. We also contextualize findings with international clinical guidance and recent work on explainable and clinically applicable Polycystic Ovary Syndrome prediction systems.

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