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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Primatol. 2009 Sep;71(9):776–784. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20679

TABLE 2. Phenotypic PCOS-like Traits Found in Fetal, Infant, Adolescent and Adult Early Gestation-Exposed PA Female Rhesus Monkeys.

Developmental stage Reproductive and endocrine PCOS-like traits Metabolic PCOS-like traits
Fetus LH excess1 ??
Infant Androgen excess1 Relative hypersecretion of insulin2
LH excess1 Increased body weight2
Adolescent Increased intermittent menstrual cycles3 Increased body weight at menarche3
Luteal phase defects3
Adult Ovarian hyperandrogenism4 Insulin resistance4,5
Intermittent/absent ovulatory menstrual cycles4,6 Beta-cell defect5
Polycystic ovaries6 Hyperlipidemia7
LH excess and reduced estradiol/progesterone negative feedback4 Abdominal adiposity8
Menstrual cycles normalized by insulin sensitizer treatment7 Type 2 diabetes9
Diminished oocyte quality10
Adrenal hyperandrogenism11