A very large proportion of young Danish women have polycystic ovaries: is a revision of the Rotterdam criteria needed? | Zendy

Søren Lund Kristensen | Zendy; Cecilia Høst RamlauHansen | Zendy; E. Ernst | Zendy; Sjúrður F. Olsen | Zendy; Jens Peter Bonde | Zendy; Anne Vested | Zendy; Gunnar Toft | Zendy

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A very large proportion of young Danish women have polycystic ovaries: is a revision of the Rotterdam criteria needed?

Author(s) -

Søren Lund Kristensen,

Cecilia Høst RamlauHansen,

E. Ernst,

Sjúrður F. Olsen,

Jens Peter Bonde,

Anne Vested,

Gunnar Toft

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq273

Subject(s) - polycystic ovary , gynecology , medicine , menstrual cycle , population , ovary , obstetrics , confidence interval , cohort , hormone , endocrinology , insulin resistance , environmental health , insulin

According to the Rotterdam 2003 criteria, an ovary is defined as polycystic if 12 or more follicles of 2-9 mm are present, when evaluating the ovary by ultrasonography on Days 3-5 of the menstrual cycle in women not using hormonal contraceptives. The aim of this population-based study was to estimate the prevalence of polycystic ovaries (PCO) in a representative sample of young Danish women according to the Rotterdam criteria.

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