Figure 1.

Classification of participants using NIH, Rotterdam, and AE-PCOS Society guidelines for PCOS. One hundred and twenty-six women self-reporting features of PCOS were evaluated. According to the NIH criteria, 67 (53%) women met the criteria for PCOS and 2 PCOS phenotypes were recognized (A). Eighty-eight (70%) women met the Rotterdam criteria for PCOS and 4 PCOS phenotypes were recognized (B). The AE-PCOS Soceity criteria identified 78 (62%) women meeting the criteria for PCOS and 3 phenotypes were recognized (C). Of the 42 women who presented as healthy controls, 35 met the inclusion criteria for controls while the remaining participants had idiopathic hirsutism, PCO alone, Ovulatory PCOS, or failed to complete the study (D). AE-PCOS indicates Androgen Excess and PCOS; NIH, National Institute of Health; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome.