Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 115-124 , August 2008

Body Shape and Size and Insulin Resistance as Early Clinical Predictors of Hyperandrogenic Anovulation in Ethnic Minority Adolescent Girls

  • Jessica Rieder, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jessica Rieder, M.D., M.S., Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467.
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  • Nanette Santoro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dpartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Hillel W. Cohen, M.P.H., Dr.PH.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Paul Marantz, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
    • Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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  • Susan M. Coupey, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

Received 29 March 2007 ,Accepted 12 February 2008.

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    Androgen comparisons among groups with all subjects and excluding subjects with both overweight (BMI <95th percentile) and acanthosis nigricans (AN).

    Androgen comparisons among groups with all subjects and excluding subjects with both overweight (BMI <95th percentile) and acanthosis nigricans (AN).

  • Image Result

    Summary ROC curves for waist circumference, T, SHBG, and FAI.

    Summary ROC curves for waist circumference, T, SHBG, and FAI.

 Conflict of Interest: J.R., P.M., H.W.C., and S.M.C. have nothing to declare. N.S. consults for Ferring, Wyeth and Pfizer and received lecture fees from Berlex, Wyeth, Serono and Pfizer.

PII: S1054-139X(08)00121-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.02.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 115-124 , August 2008

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