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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2011 Jun 8;159(4):591–596. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.04.027

TABLE 1.

Population characteristics PCOS vs. Controls

PCOS (n=103) Controls (n=90) p Value
Age in years (mean ± SD) 16.9 ± 1.5 16.8 ± 1.7 NS
Race:
Hispanic (n) (%) 62 (60.2%) 48 (53.3%) NS
African- American (n) (%) 25 (24.3%) 31 (34.4%) NS
Others (n) (%) 16 (15.5%) 11 (12.2%) NS
BMI Z-score (mean ± SD) 1.9 ± 0.6 1.8 ± 0.5 NS
Previous sleep studies (n) (%) 16 (15.5%) 11 (12.2%) NS
History of adenotonsillectomy(n) (%) 7 (6.8%) 8 (8.9%) NS
SDB positive (n) (%) 47 (45.6%) 25 (27.8%) 0.01
EDS positive (n) (%) 56 (54.4%) 32 (35.6%) <0.01