Distribution of Body Hair in Young Australian Women and Associations With Serum Androgen Concentrations

The study examined the distribution of body hair in 6,986 young Australian women, with hormone data from a subset of 710, and its association with serum androgen concentrations. It found that higher modified Ferriman-Gallwey (mF-G) scores, indicating more body hair, were positively associated with androstenedione levels but not with testosterone or 11-ketosteroids. A self-assessed mF-G score of ≥10 was used to identify excess body hair, with 22.8% of women classified as having high scores. The study highlighted the importance of measuring androstenedione and testosterone in evaluating hyperandrogenism, while also suggesting further research on 11-oxygenated steroids.