Table 1.

Clinical and baseline hormone concentrations in PCOS and control groups

Variable	PCOS (n=53)	Controls (n=408)	P
Age (years)	29.68±3.74	30.81±2.76	0.326
BMI (kg/m2)	22.67±3.74	20.68±2.31	0.071
Duration of infertility (years)	35.74±2.94	34.81±3.15	0.376
LH (U/L)	14.26±4.82	33.97±1.44	0.000
FSH (U/L)	36.73±1.40	35.89±1.94	0.435
LH/FSH	32.17±0.77	30.73±0.32	0.000
E2 (pmol/L)	156.34±74.45	174.86±77.39	0.656
Prolactin (ng/ml)	19.26±7.61	24.06±6.80	0.280
Fasting insulin (µU/ml)	36.79±5.26	33.79±2.42	0.049