Table 2.

Summarizes the different diagnostic criteria for PCOS.

A comparison of diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome
1990 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) diagnostic criteria: 1. Clinical and/or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism 2. Oligo- or chronic anovulation Other reasons for androgen excess and annovulatory infertility are excluded
2003 European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology and American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ESHRE/ASRM or Rotterdam) Criteria: 1. Oligo- or chronic anovulation 2. Clinical and/or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism 3. Polycystic ovaries Other reasons for androgen excess and annovulatory infertility are excluded
2006 Androgen Excess Society (AES) crieteria: 1. Hirsutism and/or hyperandrogenemia 2. Oligo-anovulation and/or polycystic ovaries Other reasons for androgen excess and annovulatory infertility are excluded