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The examiners scored the subjects on a scale of 0 - 4 for terminal hair growth on nine different body areas according to the Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) scoring system in a form given to the examiners before the examination. An FG score of 8 or more was considered diagnostic of hirsutism. If the sum of the FG scores for the chin or lower abdomen was 2 or more, the test result was assumed to be positive. Statistical analysis was performed using the MacNemar test, and a\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The age group with the highest prevalence rate was 21-25 years. From the 695 subjects examined, 81 subjects (11.7%) had an FG score of 8 or more with a resultant prevalence rate of 11.7% for hirsutism. In our study population, 39% of the patients had an FG score of 2 or more for the chin or lower abdomen, and 61% of the patients had an FG score of less than 2 for the chin or lower abdomen.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Evaluating terminal hair growth on the chin or lower abdomen for predicting hirsutism seems to be an acceptable screening method.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/2230-8210.117239","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,29]],"date-time":"2013-08-29T01:48:18Z","timestamp":1377740898000},"page":"896-898","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Evaluation of only the chin or lower abdomen for predicting hirsutism"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Homeira","family":"Rashidi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zohreh T.","family":"Parizi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shafa Medical Clinic, Kerman, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mehdi","family":"Mohammadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-20260327","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1440","DOI":"10.1210\/jcem-21-11-1440","article-title":"Clinical assessment of body hair growth in women","volume":"21","author":"Ferriman","year":"1961","journal-title":"J Clin Endocrinol Metab"},{"key":"R2-20260327","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"410","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(64)92789-8","article-title":"The prevalence of \u201chirsutism\u201d in young women","volume":"1","author":"McKnight","year":"1964","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R3-20260327","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"815","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(81)90746-8","article-title":"Hirsutism: Implications, etiology, and management","volume":"140","author":"Hatch","year":"1981","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R4-20260327","first-page":"55","article-title":"Hirsutism and virilism in women","volume":"6","author":"Kirschner","year":"1984","journal-title":"Spec Top Endocrinol Metab"},{"key":"R5-20260327","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.1993.tb00168.x","article-title":"Semiquantitative assessment of hirsutism in Dutch women","volume":"128","author":"Derksen","year":"1993","journal-title":"Br J Dermatol"},{"key":"R6-20260327","first-page":"62","article-title":"Reproductive endocrinology infertility committee and executive committee and council, society of obstetricians and gynaecologists of Canada. 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