Obesity Differentially Affects Phenotypes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Table 2

Phenotype classification in 172 patients with polycystic ovary syndrome taking into account obesity.

Features	A1 obese	A2 non obese	B1 obese	B2 non obese	C1 obese	C2 non obese
Hyperandrogenism	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oligo-anovulation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Polycystic ovaries	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
No.; %	83; 48.2	28; 16.3	39; 22.7	17; 9.9	3; 1.7	2; 1.2

Obesity was considered evident when body mass index ≥27 and normal weight when BMI < 27. The frequencies of different phenotypes are taken from Moran et al. [17].