Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 41 1 2003 03 15 37 44 "Sotoudeh G Mirdamadi SR Siassi F Khosravi S Chamari M " 2015 09 28 Obesity is the common clinical signs in hirsutism, which can cause metabolic disturbances like dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and hypertension. To investigate relationship of overweight and obesity with hormonal and metabolic parameters in suspected hirsute women, in a cross-sectional study, 184 suspected hirsute women were selected in a reproductive endocrinology outpatient clinic in north of Tehran from February 1997 to May 1999. Weight, height, waist and hip circumferences were measured and serum levels of lipids, hormones and glucose were determined. Overweight and overall obesity (OO-body mass index: BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²) and android obesity (AO-waist to hip ratio: WHR>0.85) were calculated. Hirsutism score of OO and AO women was higher than that of non-obese women (NO, P https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2630 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/2630/2612