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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2013 Jun 5;100(2):10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.001. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.001

Table 2.

Odds ratiosafor PCOS according to body weight class, overall and by race/ethnicity

Weight Class

Underweight/Normal Overweight Moderately Obese Extremely Obese P-trendb P-interactionc
Diagnosed PCOS-NIH
  Overall 1.0 (reference) 3.85 (3.04–4.88) 10.25 (8.16–12.84) 23.10 (18.66–28.61) <0.001
  By Race/Ethnicity 0.133
  Non-Hispanic White 1.0 (reference) 4.53 (2.89–7.11) 13.72 (8.86–21.25) 29.62 (19.58–44.81) <0.001
  Black 1.0 (reference) 2.79 (1.23–6.34) 2.98 (1.15–7.73) 10.14 (4.95–20.77) <0.001
  Hispanic White 1.0 (reference) 3.64 (2.56–5.17) 10.55 (7.60–14.65) 20.38 (14.85–27.97) <0.001
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1.0 (reference) 1.32 (0.44–3.95) 7.27 (3.09–17.14) 21.09 (9.66–46.05) <0.001
  Other/Multiple races 1.0 (reference) 2.49 (0.55–11.24) 4.99 (1.10–22.72) 12.03 (3.15–45.87) <0.001
All PCOS-NIH
  Overall 1.0 (reference) 2.95 (2.53–3.44) 6.73 (5.78–7.83) 14.65 (12.73–16.86) <0.001
  By Race/Ethnicity 0.126
  Non-Hispanic White 1.0 (reference) 2.87 (2.13–3.87) 6.14 (4.48–8.43) 14.28 (10.73–19.02) <0.001
  Black 1.0 (reference) 3.78 (2.29–6.34) 3.78 (2.09–6.83) 11.77 (7.36–18.82) <0.001
  Hispanic White 1.0 (reference) 2.76 (2.21–3.46) 7.30 (5.91–9.01) 13.76 (11.23–16.87) <0.001
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1.0 (reference) 2.46 (1.33–4.56) 7.69 (4.22–14.01) 17.32 (9.62–31.18) <0.001
  Other/Multiple races 1.0 (reference) 1.16 (0.37–3.62) 4.62 (1.85–11.52) 10.36 (4.52–23.72) <0.001
a

Odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals, and P-values estimated from multivariate logistic regression models that adjust for age (years), proportion of individuals with an education below high school in the neighborhood, and beneficiary status of Medi-Cal or other state subsidized support programs (yes or no). Overall estimates also adjust for race/ethnicity.

b

P-trend evaluated on categorical weight class variable using likelihood ratio test.

c

P-interaction evaluated using likelihood ratio test for race/ethnicity * weight class interaction term excluding unknown race/ethnicity from data.