Higher metabolic risk in Chinese women fulfilling the NIH diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Only about 63% of Chinese women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) as diagnosed by the 2003 Rotterdam criteria fulfilled the 1990 National Institutes of Health (NIH) diagnostic criteria. Although the NIH criteria are not generally applicable to the Chinese population, women fulfilling the NIH criteria have higher metabolic risk than those who do not and so carry the most clinical significance.
Lam
Po Mui
PM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China. lampomui@cuhk.edu.hk
Tam
Wing Hung
WH
Cheung
Lai Ping
LP
D000328:Adult; D000858:Anovulation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002681:China; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017588:Hyperandrogenism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000208:ethnology / Q000502:physiology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000592:standards*; D009426:Netherlands; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014481:United States; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
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