Presentations of Hyperandrogenic Phenotypes in Taiwanese Women

STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION:A retrospective study in 160 Taiwanese women with HA and 165 women without HA, with medical records reviewed from 2009 up to 2012. The hyperandrogenic women were classified into four groups (TT, A4, FAI, and DHEA-S) according to independent abnormally elevated androgen measures each above its cut-off value, and the groups were compared with each other and with controls. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: This study was performed in the Reproductive Endocrinology Clinic at Wan Fang Medical Center in Taipei, Taiwan. Anthropometric, metabolic, endocrine, and IR components as well as lipid accumulation product (LAP) index were compared between the groups. IR was assessed with the following markers: fasting glucose and insulin levels, oral glucose tolerance test, glucose-to-insulin ratio and homeostasis model assessment of IR index (HOMA-IR).