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Table 4 Characteristics of women in the different phases of the study on the prevalence of PCOS, Salvador, Brazil, 2008 (n = 859)

From: Polycystic ovary syndrome in Salvador, Brazil: a prevalence study in primary healthcare

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

  1. 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.