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. 2024 Nov 16;17:228. doi: 10.1186/s13048-024-01540-y

Table 4.

Associations of DPI across Tertiles with Specific PCOS Complications in Women with PCOS and control group

Cases (n = 480) P value Control (n = 480) P value
DPI Tertiles DPI Tertiles
Variables T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3
FCQ-T 33.47 ± 2.3 27.46 ± 2.2 25.14 ± 2.7  < 0.001 21.36 ± 8.13 22.02 ± 8.06 22.2 ± 7.57 0.776
BDI-II 14.99 ± 1.7 13.92 ± 1.1 12.67 ± 1.36 0.234 8.18 ± 4.06 8.51 ± 4.03 8.6 ± 3.78 0.776
Hirsutism score 15.99 ± 1.12 11.08 ± 1.96 7.93 ± 1.02  < 0.001 5.18 ± 2.06 5.51 ± 2.03 5.6 ± 1.78 0.777
Irregular menstrual cycle, n (%)
 No 49 (10) 121 (25) 277 (57) 0.001 All subject have regular menstrual cycle -
 Yes 1 (2) 30 (21.5) 3 (6)
Acne, n (%)
 No 31 (6.5) 134 (28) 260 (54) 0.001 76 (15.8) 64 (13.3) 84 (17.5) 0.001
 Yes 19 (4) 20 (4.5) 17 (3.5) 127 (26.5) 90 (18.8) 39 (8.1)

Abbreviations: DPI dietary phytochemical, FCQ-T Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II

The DPI measurements for each tertiles are as follows: 28.97 ± 1.53 in tertiles 1, 38.56 ± 3.01 in tertiles 2, and 51.43 ± 3.99 in tertiles 3

P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant

P-values were calculated using the one-way ANOVA test for comparisons of continuous variables AND Fisher's exact test p-values for comparisons of categorical variables