Table 2.
mFG scores in PCOS vs. non-PCOS groups
| PCOS Diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (does not meet diagnostic criteria) (N = 45) | Yes (meets diagnostic criteria for PCOS) (N = 242) | Diagnosis Deferred (N = 12) | p-value | |
| mFG (mean +/-SD) | ||||
| Upper lip | 0.978 ± 0.965 | 1.08 ± 0.993 | 1 ± 0.953 | .811 |
| Chin | 0.889 ± 0.982 | 1.34 ± 1.3 | 0.833 ± 1.27 | .0551 |
| Chest | 0.133 ± 0.405 | 0.417 ± 0.782 | 0.0833 ± 0.289 | .0171 |
| Upper abdomen | 0.267 ± 0.495 | 0.653 ± 0.885 | 0.167 ± 0.389 | .0051 |
| Lower abdomen | 0.956 ± 1.19 | 1.66 ± 1.15 | 0.75 ± 1.22 | < .0011 |
| Upper arm | 0.267 ± 0.688 | 0.419 ± 0.843 | 0.25 ± 0.452 | .431 |
| Thigh | 1.33 ± 1.15 | 1.66 ± 1.08 | 0.917 ± 0.669 | .0121 |
| Upper back | 0.2 ± 0.505 | 0.504 ± 0.79 | 0.333 ± 0.651 | .0271 |
| Lower back | 0.6 ± 1.03 | 0.888 ± 1.05 | 0.25 ± 0.622 | .0091 |
| mFG (total) | 5.62 ± 5.12 | 8.5 ± 6.27 | 4.58 ± 4.23 | < .0011 |
| mFG anatomic region | ||||
| Facial⁎ | 1.87 ± 1.66 | 2.4 ± 2.02 | 1.83 ± 2.12 | .191 |
| Trunk⁎⁎ | 2.16 ± 2.82 | 4.08 ± 3.6 | 1.58 ± 2.43 | < .0011 |
| Extremity ⁎⁎⁎ | 1.6 ± 1.51 | 2.05 ± 1.55 | 1.17 ± 0.577 | .0161 |
| Clinical hirsutism | ||||
| No (mFG total < 8) | 31 (68.9%) | 126 (51.4%) | 10 (83.3%) | .0132 |
| Yes (mFG total =/>8) | 14 (31.1%) | 119 (48.6%) | 2 (16.7%) | |
BMI, body mass index; mFG, modified Ferriman-Gallwey; PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome.
1
On the basis of the Kruskal-Wallis test.
2
On the basis of the χ2 test.
⁎
Facial mFG score: Summation of upper lip and chin mFG scores.
⁎⁎
Truncal mFG score: Summation of chest, upper and lower back, and upper and lower abdomen mFG scores.
⁎⁎⁎
Extremity mFG score: Summation of thigh and upper arm mFG scores.