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. 2015 Oct 29;13:116. doi: 10.1186/s12958-015-0115-z

Table 3.

Demographics of subjects chosen for the refined datamart

PCOS Cases PCOS Controls p value
N 6,295 59,456
Proportion Proportion
Gender Female 1.00 1.00
Age 18-25 0.15 0.11
26-35 0.45 0.37
36-45 0.35 0.33
46-55 0.05 0.13
56-65 0.00 0.06 0.03
Insurance Private 0.71 0.67
Public-Medicaid 0.05 0.08
Public-Medicare 0.01 0.02
Public-Other 0.08 0.11
Other 0.09 0.10
Unknown 0.05 0.03 0.9
Race White 0.63 0.64
Asian 0.07 0.06
Black 0.08 0.08
Hispanic 0.11 0.10
Other 0.11 0.11 1.0
Pregnancy (Partners Hospital System) 0.36 0.56 0.007
Pap Smear (lifetime history) 0.29 0.21 0.3
Smoker (ever smoked) 0.08 0.05 0.6
Type 2 Diabetes (lifetime history) 0.08 0.02 0.1
Hypertension (lifetime history) 0.10 0.09 1.0
Womens' Health Visit (lifetime history) 0.72 1.00 <0.001
Mean SD Mean SD
Age current 33.55 7.23 36.93 9.75 <0.001
BMI lifetime max 30.99 9.02 26.85 6.49 <0.001
Median Q25 Q75 Median Q25 Q75
Observation Period Start year, median (IQR) 2003 1998 2008 2004 1999 2008
Observation Period End year, median (IQR) 2012 2010 2013 2011 2010 2012
Number of facts count, median (IQR) 186 68 428 226 90 524

Controls were slightly older, with a lower BMI. Other factors were not different