Table 1. Demographic characteristics and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale of women with polycystic ovary syndrome and controls.
| PCOS (n=120) |
Controls (n=143) |
p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) mean±SD | 26.1±5.8 (16–44) |
25.1±5.8 (16–44) |
0.1731 | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) mean±SD | 26.4±4.9 (17.4–45.8) |
26.0±4.3 (17.3–33.8) |
0.4351 | |||
| Gravity median (IQR) | 0 (1) (0–6) |
0 (1) (0–6) |
0.9892 | |||
| Parity median (IQR) | 0 (1) (0–4) |
0 (1) (0–4) |
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| Type of delivery | 0.8712 | |||||
| Nulliparty, n (%) | 78 (65) | 91 (63.6) | ||||
| Vaginal birth, n (%) | 23 (19.2) | 31 (21.7) | ||||
| Cesarean, n (%) | 19 (15.8) | 21 (14.7) | ||||
| HADS scale | PCOS (n=120) |
Controls (n=143) |
95%CI | OR | p | |
| Depression Scale (HADS≥11)(%) |
26 (21.7) | 11 (7.7) | 1.563 to 7.047 | 3.319 | 0.001 2 | |
| Anxiety Scale (HADS≥11)(%) |
33 (27.5) | 15 (10.5) | 1.659 to 6.315 | 3.238 | 0.001 2 | |
1
Independent-samples t-test.
2
Chi-square tests.
Categorical variables were shown as n% and continuous variables were shown as mean±SD or median (IQR) with regard to distribution characteristics. OR: odds ratio; BMI: body mass index; PCOS: polycystic ovary syndrome; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Bold indicates statistically significant p-values.