Ríos Xiomara, Vergara Jéssica Inés, Wandurraga Edwin Antonio, Rey Juan José
Unidad de Endocrinología, Clínica Carlos Ardila Lulle, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Unidad de Epidemiología, Clínica Carlos Ardila Lulle, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Biomedica. 2013 Jul-Sep;33(3):370-4.
Hirsutism is a medical entity defined as the excessive growth of body hair in women with a male distribution pattern. For evaluation it is used a visual analog scale designed by Ferriman and Gallwey in the United Kingdom in 1961, subsequently modified by Hatch. This scale consists of nine body areas, obtaining a minimum total value of 0 and a maximum of 36. It has been established a value greater than 8 points for diagnosis of hirsutism in European women, but it is recommended that the diagnosis of hirsutism should be individualized according to the study population.
To determine the most appropriate cutoff point for the diagnosis of hirsutism in a Colombian population by applying the Ferriman-Gallwey Modified scale.
A random scale was applied to 323 women from Santander, between the ages of 18 and 50, and without risk factors for hirsutism.
It was obtained a score between 0 and 9 in the Ferriman-Gallwey modified scale, and 53.5% of the women had an overall score between 0 and 1 points. The 96% of those examined evidenced a Ferriman-Gallwey score modified less or equal to 6.
It is suggest a value less than or equal to 6 as the cutoff point for the diagnosis of hirsutism in our region.
多毛症是一种医学病症，定义为女性身体毛发过度生长且呈男性分布模式。在评估时，使用的是1961年由英国的费里曼（Ferriman）和高尔韦（Gallwey）设计、后经哈奇（Hatch）修改的视觉模拟量表。该量表包括九个身体部位，总分最小值为0，最大值为36。欧洲女性多毛症的诊断标准为分数大于8分，但建议多毛症的诊断应根据研究人群进行个体化。
应用改良的费里曼-高尔韦量表确定哥伦比亚人群中多毛症诊断的最合适切点。
对来自桑坦德的323名年龄在18至50岁之间且无多毛症风险因素的女性应用该随机量表。
在改良的费里曼-高尔韦量表中，得分在0至9分之间，53.5%的女性总分在0至1分之间。96%的受检者改良后的费里曼-高尔韦得分小于或等于6分。
建议将小于或等于6分作为本地区多毛症诊断的切点。
