Table 2.

Comparison between the results from oral glucose tolerance test, lipid profile, blood pressure measurement, and ECG characteristics between the three groups.

	Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
	Obese		Lean PCOS		Obese PCOS
	n		n		n
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	125	4.37 ± 1.02	94	4.25 ± 0.75*	82	4.63 ± 0.94
Blood glucose on 60 min of OGTT (mmol/L)	110	7.62 ± 1.99∧	75	6.72 ± 2.08**	78	7.87 ± 2.09
Blood glucose on 120 min of OGTT (mmol/L)	119	5.86 ± 1.62	74	5.70 ± 1.45	81	6.06 ± 1.54
Fasting IRI (mU/L)	86	18.24 ± 9.86∧∧∧	72	8.16 ± 4.22***	69	20.35 ± 11.67
IRI on 60 min of OGTT (mU/L)	54	108.70 ± 78.26∧∧	62	65.50 ± 49.05***	54	129.26 ± 79.32
IRI on 120 min of OGTT (mU/L)	57	66.69 ± 50.11∧	61	39.40 ± 33.11***	53	90.22 ± 74.22
HOMA index	86	3.80 ± 2.41∧∧∧	72	1.56 ± 0.97***	68	4.32 ± 2.69
Fasting glucose/insulin ratio	86	0.34 ± 0.22∧∧∧	72	0.68 ± 0.39***	68	0.32 ± 0.22
Dislipidemia (%)	125	44.0%∧∧∧	91	15.4%***	81	40.7%
Treatment for dislipidemia (%)	125	4.8%	91	1.1%	80	2.5%
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	122	4.73 ± 0.94	89	4.60 ± 0.97	81	4.68 ± 0.81
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	95	1.27 ± 0.28∧∧∧	52	1.52 ± 0.40**	66	1.28 ± 0.34
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	95	2.73 ± 0.88	52	2.78 ± 0.94	65	2.64 ± 0.73
VLDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	94	0.67 ± 0.43∧∧∧	49	0.37 ± 0.18***	64	0.71 ± 0.43
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	125	1.76 ± 0.75∧∧∧	89	0.91 ± 0.37***	80	1.56 ± 0.72
Arterial hypertension (%)	125	31.2%∧∧∧	93	1.1%***	81	29.6%
Treatment for arterial hypertention (%)	125	12.8%∧∧	93	1.1%***	81	18.5%
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	125	124.00 ± 12.44∧∧∧	90	113.78 ± 12.09***	81	123.77 ± 14.41
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	125	80.00 ± 9.20∧∧∧	90	73.11 ± 8.16***	81	80.06 ± 10.29
cQT-interval (sec)	19	0.41 ± 0.02	9	0.41 ± 0.04	18	0.40 ± 0.03
RR-interval (sec)	22	0.73 ± 0.13∧∧	9	0.89 ± 0.16*	19	0.74 ± 0.09
Heart rate (bpm)	27	84.48 ± 11.46∧∧∧	9	68.22 ± 9.64*	25	79.48 ± 8.95

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001 between group 2 and group 3.

^∧ P < 0.05; ^∧∧ P < 0.01; ^∧∧∧ P < 0.001 between group 1 and group 2.

n = number of patients.