Table 4.
Characteristics of women in the different phases of the study on the prevalence of PCOS, Salvador, Brazil, 2008 (n = 859)
| Phase 1 – Characteristics (n1=181) | n | % | Phase 2 - Phenotypes (n2=73) | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oligomenorrhea/amenorrhea |
99 |
54.7 |
Oligo/amenorrhea and hirsutism b |
57 |
78.1 |
| Hirsutism b |
108 |
59.7 |
Oligo/amenorrhea and high testosterone levels d |
8 |
10.9 |
| Moderate to severe acne c |
21 |
11.6 |
Oligo/amenorrhea and acne c |
4 |
5.5 |
| Abnormal uterine bleeding |
5 |
2.8 |
Oligo/amenorrhea and polycystic ovaries a |
3 |
4.1 |
| Androgenic alopecia | 3 | 1.7 | Hirsutism and polycystic ovaries | 1 | 1.4 |
aRotterdam Consensus Criteria bFerriman-Gallwey score ≥ 6 cModerate to severe forms (Investigator’s Static Global Assessment) d ≥ 95 th percentile of women with no clinical criteria n1 = number of women with at least one criterion n2 = number of women with at least two criteria.