ArticleFertility and sterility2011
Defining hirsutism in Chinese women: a cross-sectional study.
Article in Fertility and sterility, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effect of Acupuncture on Insulin Sensitivity of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Insulin Resistance: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of Acupuncture Pre-treatment Combined With Letrozole on Live Birth in Infertile Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Personalized Acupuncture, Fixed Acupuncture, Letrozole and Placebo on Live Birth for Infertility in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Who cites it
69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
- Where are we in understanding the natural history of polycystic ovary syndrome? A systematic review of longitudinal cohort studies.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of mean arterial pressure on reproductive endocrine characteristics in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Trial
- Acupuncture improves the emotion domain and lipid profiles in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of acupuncture on menstrual frequency in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Protocol for a randomized, controlled trial.Medicine · 2017Trial
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- How does acupuncture affect insulin sensitivity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and insulin resistance? Study protocol of a prospective pilot study.BMJ open · 2015 · on this mapTrial
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- Accurate Measurement of Serum Free Testosterone Levels via Liquid Chromatography‒Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC‒MS/MS) has Predictive Value in the Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Associated Metabolic Disorders.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Where are we in the diagnosis and treatment of hirsutism? A narrative review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Comparative performance of traditional and novel adiposity indices for predicting insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- ApoB and LDL partially explain the association between family history of diabetes and lower clinical pregnancy in women who conceived with PCOS.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Adolescent hyperandrogenism: diagnostic challenges and therapeutic approaches.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Review
- The PCOS Phenotypes in Unselected Populations (P-PUP) study: participant clinical features and data harmonization on analysis of individual participant data.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Synbiotic-ContainingIranian journal of public health · 2025Article
- Approach to the Patient: Diagnostic Challenges in the Workup for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Review
- Utero-placental (vascular) development throughout pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: the Rotterdam Periconceptional Cohort.F&S reports · 2025Article
- Clustering Identifies Subtypes With Different Phenotypic Characteristics in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Association of Fat Mass and Skeletal Muscle Mass with Cardiometabolic Risk Varied in Distinct PCOS Subtypes: A Propensity Score-Matched Case-Control Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the normative cut-off score that defines hirsutism among Chinese women, and the effect of age, menstrual irregularities, and polycystic ovaries on the same.
designCross-sectional, population-based study.
settingA multistage systematic cluster random sampling among 16 communities from two rural and two city regions. PATIENT(S): A representative sample of 2,988 women aged 20-45 years from the general population of Southern China. INTERVENTION(S): Subjects underwent physical and ultrasound evaluations. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Terminal hair growth was assessed using the modified Ferriman-Gallwey (mFG) scoring system. RESULT(S): An mFG score ≥5 was observed in 10% and a score of ≥2 in 25% of the subjects. Cluster analysis identified an mFG score of 5 as the cut-off value that defines abnormal terminal facial and body hair growth in a male pattern (i.e., hirsutism) in the total population; scores of 6, 5, and 4 for women aged 20-25, 26-30, and >30 years, respectively. Defined by these cut-off values, the prevalence of hirsutism in our total population was 10.5%; and decreased with increasing age: 14.4%, 10.7%, 7.9%, 3.6%, and 1.5%, respectively, in women aged 20-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40, and 41-45 years. Furthermore, the incidence of acne, menses irregularities, polycystic ovaries, and acanthosis nigricans were significantly increased among the hirsute women. CONCLUSION(S): An mFG score of 5 or greater indicates hair growth above the norm among women in the general Southern Chinese population, a cut-off value that decreases with increasing age.
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