Metabolic Disturbance in PCOS: Clinical and Molecular Effects on Skeletal Muscle Tissue

Table 1

Guidelines for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome.

NIH 1990^1	Rotterdan 2003^2	AES 2006^3
Both criteria; menstrual dysfunction	2 of the 3 criteria; menstrual dysfunction	Both criteria; menstrual dysfunction or polycystic ovary morphology
+	+	+
hyperandrogenemia; or hyperandrogenism	hyperandrogenemia; or hyperandrogenism	hyperandrogenemia; or hyperandrogenism
	Polycystic ovary morphology
+
exclusion of other causes