Table 2.

Phenotypes of PCOS based on various symptoms and definitions (NIH, Rotterdam und AE-PCOSCriteria).[7]

Symptoms	Possible phenotypes
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P
Hyperandrogenemia	+	+	+	+	–	–	+	–	+	–	+	–	–	–	+	–
Hirsutism	+	+	–	–	+	+	+	+	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	–
Oligo- or anovulation	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	–	–
Polyzystic ovaries	+	–	+	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+	–	–	–	–
NIH 1990 criteria	√	√	√	√	√	√
Rotterdam 2003 criteria	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
AE-PCOS 2006 criteria	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

All possible phenotypes of PCO are based on the facts of hyperandrogenaemia