Hyperandrogenemia in patients presenting with acne

Fertility and Sterility
S M SlaydenR Azziz

Abstract

To determine whether acne is associated with hyperandrogenemia, regardless of age of presentation. Prospective controlled study. Tertiary-care medical center. Thirty consecutive unselected women presenting with acne and no hirsutism and 24 eumenorrheic healthy controls. Serum samples was taken in all patients, and an acute 60-minute ACTH-(1-24) test was performed in 19 patients. Total and free T, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and DHEAS levels in basal samples, and ACTH-stimulated 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-HP) response to exclude 21-hydroxylase (21-OH)-deficient nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia (NCAH) were determined. Nonhirsute patients with acne demonstrated significantly lower levels of SHBG and higher free-T and DHEAS levels than controls. Nineteen (63%) acneic patients had at least one androgen value above the 95% of controls. In patients aged 12-18 years, 7/8 (88%) had at least one increased androgen value, compared with 12/22 (55%) patients aged 19-43 years. One patient (5.3%) was found to have 21-OH-deficient NCAH. Hyperandrogenemia was evident in a majority of nonhirsute acneic patients studied, regardless of age. These data suggest that androgen suppression may be useful in treating acne in many of these patients.

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