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. 2013 Dec 18;6:1–13. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S37559

Table 2.

Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using different diagnostic criteria

Source Population NIH/NICHD criteria ESHRE/ASRM (Rotterdam) criteria Androgen excess and PCOS society criteria
March et al29 728 Australian women 8.7% 17.8% 12.0%
Mehrabian et al30 820 Iranian women 7% 15.2% 7.92%
Tehrani et al31 929 Iranian women 7.1% 14.6% 11.7%
Yildiz et al32 392 Turkish women 6.1% 19.9% 15.3%

Abbreviations: ESHRE/ASRM, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology/American Society for Reproductive Medicine; NIH/NICHD, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Disease.