Table 2.

Characteristics of children of women with PCOS and control children by Tanner stage

	Female			Male
	PCOS (n = 17)	Control (n = 21)	P value	PCOS (n = 15)	Control (n = 17)	P value
Age (yr)
Tanner stage = 0, I	6.7 (1.8) [9]	7.8 (1.5) [13]	0.23	7.1 (2.1) [8]	7.3 (2.3) [11]	0.88
Tanner stage = II, III	11.2 (2.7) [5]	11.0 (3.8) [4]	0.89	12.5 (1.7) [4]	10.8 (2.1) [4]	0.24
Tanner stage = IV, V	13.0 (1.7) [3]	13.5 (1.0) [4]	0.75	13.0 (1.0) [3]	13.0 (0.0) [2]	1.00
BMI (kg/m2)
Tanner stage = 0, I	16.7 (1.8) [9]	17.8 (2.7) [13]	0.48	18.2 (2.9) [8]	18.5 (3.4) [11]	0.85
Tanner stage = II, III	24.9 (6.9) [5]	19.0 (2.8) [4]	0.02	25.7 (6.4) [4]	20.6 (3.4) [4]	0.07
Tanner stage = IV, V	21.7 (0.7) [3]	21.9 (4.2) [4]	0.96	21.8 (3.6) [3]	21.6 (1.2) [2]	0.97
Waist to hip ratio
Tanner stage = 0, I	0.8 (0.1) [9]	0.8 (0.1) [13]	0.15	0.8 (0.0) [8]	0.8 (0.1) [11]	0.40
Tanner stage = II, III	0.8 (0.0) [5]	0.9 (0.0) [4]	0.31	0.9 (0.1) [4]	0.9 (0.0) [4]	0.28
Tanner stage = IV, V	0.8 (0.1) [3]	0.8 (0.1) [4]	0.25	0.9 (0.0) [3]	0.8 (0.0) [2]	0.18

Values are mean (sd) [number for Tanner stage].