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. 2011 Dec 29;29(2):195–201. doi: 10.1007/s10815-011-9693-7

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study population

Variable Control mean ± SD PCOS mean ± SD Pvaluea
Age 29.7 ± 6.4 26.5 ± 5.2 .010
BMI 26.2 ± 4.0 27.4 ± 5.3 469
FBS 86.8 ± 9.4 87.9 ± 10.7 .445
2hppBS 93.1 ± 12.6 98.2 ± 15.1 .154
Fasting insulin 12.7 ± 13.9 17.6 ± 25.9 .167
HOMA1-IR 2.7 ± 3.0 3.7 ± 5.3 .189
Variable Control (52) (%) PCOS (48) (%) Pvalueb
Positive family history 1.9 27.1 .000
Presence of Hirsutism 11.5 54.2 .000
Presence of insulin resistance 25 27 .81
Presence of overweight and obesity 59.6 70.8 .24

aTested with Mann–Whitney

bTested with chi-square