Anogenital distance is related to ovarian follicular number in young Spanish women: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of young women participating in the Murcia Young Women’s Study (MYWS) ⁽¹⁾

	Mean (SD)	Median (5–95)
Age (years)	20.0 (1.2)	20.0 (18.0-22.0)
BMI (kg/m²)	21.8 (3.1)	21.3 (17.7-28.8)
Age at menarche	12.7 (1.3)	13.0 (11.0-15.0)
Day of cycle at clinic	3.9 (2.6)	3.5 (1.0-6.0)
Menstrual cycle length^a	30.9 (7.6)	30 (25.0-44.0)
Anogenital distance (AGD_AC) (mm)	80.4 (10.5)	79.2 (59.5-96.1)
Anogenital distance (AGD_AF) (mm)	37.7 (6.3)	37.2 (27.9-48.6)
AGD_AF / AGD_AC	0.47 (0.09)	0.46 (0.36-0.60)
	Percentage of women (%)
Caucasian	98.0
Cigarette smoking^b	34.0
Alcohol intake (liquor)^c	31.6
Have had:
Good or excellent general health^d	92.0
Diabetes or thyroid disease	2.0
Using hormonal contraception^e	39.8

¹⁾ One woman with no physical examination performed (n = 99).
^a) in days (number of subjects = 36).
^b) Mean number ± (SD) of cigarettes per week, 39.4 ± (29.9), if a smoker.
^c) Mean number ± (SD) of drinks (330 cc) per week, 2.6 ± (2.5), if a drinker.
^d) Question was ‘How would you describe your own health?
^e) Oral contraceptives or vaginal ring.
SD = Standard deviation; (5–95) = 5^th-95^th percentile.
AGD_AC: Anogenital Distance from the center of the anus to the anterior clitoral surface.
AGD_AF: Anogenital Distance from the center of the anus to the posterior fourchette.

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