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. 2023 Jul 19;13:11648. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38340-1

Table 2.

Clinical features of participants.

Variablea Control (18) PCOS (20) p-valuec
Age (years) 32.72 ± 1.10 31.71 ± 0.65  > 0.05
AMH (ng/ml) 3.48 ± 1.095 11.07 ± 3  < 0.05
BMI (kg/m2) 24.13 ± 0.85 26.58 ± 0.56  > 0.05
FBS (mg/dl) 99.11 ± 3.98 92.23 ± 3.54  > 0.05
FSH (mUI/ml) 5.25 ± 0.70 5.32 ± 0.6  > 0.05
LH (mUI/ml) 4.44 ± 0.74 7.57 ± 1.19  < 0.0001
LH/FSH ratio 0.87 ± 0.056 1.66 ± 0.24  < 0.05
PRL (ng/ml) b 15.40 (1th 11.06, 3th 27.0) 16.40 (1th 10.63, 3th 28.0)  > 0.05
T3 (ng/ml) 97.05 ± 2.17 76.06 ± 25.03  > 0.05
T4 (ng/ml) 10.3 ± 1.53 8.04 ± 0.35  = 0.05
TSH (IU/L) 2.01 ± 0.27 2.54 ± 0.32  > 0.05
Vitamin D (ng/ml) 30.86 ± 5.40 32.61 ± 3.22  > 0.05

AMH Anti Mullerian Hormone, BMI Body Mass Index; FBS Fasting Blood Sugar; FSH Follicle Stimulating Hormone; LH Luteinizing Hormone; PCOS Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; PRL Prolactin; T3 Triiodothyronine; T4 Thyroxine; TSH Thyroid Stimulating Hormone.

a: With the exception of prolactin, data are presented as the mean ± standard error of mean (SEM).

b: Prolactin was a non-normally distributed variable and data are presented as the median, first (1th) and third (3th) quartiles.

c: Statistically significant p values shown as bold.