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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2009 Nov 25;94(5):1787–1792. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.012

Table 1.

Classification of the 8,422 Analytic Study Patients According to Disorder Classification Criteria

Number of Criteria Oligoovulation or anovulation Hyperandrogenism Polycystic ovaries Frequency Disorder Classification1
3 Yes Yes Yes 56 PCOS
2 No Yes Yes 22 PCOS
Yes No Yes 163 PCOS
Yes Yes No 171 PCOS
1 Yes No No 1,705 Menstrual disorder only
No Yes No 334 Androgen excess only
No No Yes 109 Androgen excess only
0 No No No 5,862 No androgen excess or menstrual disorder
1

Patients who met defined criteria for PCOS according to Rotterdam criteria (n=412). Androgen excess disorder patients include those with PCOS plus those with androgen excesses (n=855). Androgen excess or menstrual disorder patients include all of the above mentioned patients plus those with menstrual disorders (n=2,560).