Database Study on Patients With PCOS
Database Study on Patients With PCOS
All newly referred patients with PCOS and hirsutism are listed in a database.
All premenopausal women referred to the outpatient clinic at the Department of Endocrinology
 from 1997 and onward with the referral diagnoses hirsutism and/or PCOS are included in a
 clinical database. The patients should fulfill the Rotterdam criteria for PCOS or have
 clinical/biochemical hyperandrogenemia.

 Routine evaluation include medical history, clinical examination, transvaginal ultrasound
 (US), and fasting blood samples. Cycle history is recorded in all patients using a standard
 scheme prepared for hirsute patients. Blood tests include androgens, LH, FSH, prolactin, and
 lipid profile.

 OGTT and ACTH are performed in high risk patients
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  premenopausal

 -  hirsutism or PCOS