A Patient's Guide to PCOS: Understanding and Reversing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

by Walter Futterweit

Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) test. The SHBG level correlates well with insulin resistance. In women with PCOS (and in most obese women, even if they do not have PCOS), a low SHBG level indicates that excess insulin has caused the liver to make less SHBG, which signifies the probable presence of insulin resistance and causes a high