Table 1. Comparison of the study population characteristics among different PCOS phenotypes groups.
| Characteristics | Phonotypical group | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A HA+AO+PCO (n = 113) |
B AO+HA (n = 5) |
C HA+PCO (n = 74) |
D AO+PCO (n = 16) |
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| Age, years | 29.5 ± 3.8 | 28.6 ± 5.4 | 29.90± 4.2 | 28.3 ± 2.8 | 0.383 |
| Parity | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 0.658 |
| Age of first menarche, years | 13.2 ± 1.5 | 13.4 ± 1.5 | 13.4 ± 1.7 | 13.8 ± 1.3 | 0.560 |
| Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 26.1 ± 3.1 | 27.7± 3.2 | 25.94± 4.1 | 25.9 ± 2.1 | 0.756 |
| Levothyroxine treatment | 36 (31.9) | 2 (40.0) | 19 (25.7) | 5 (31.3) | 0.724 |
| Blood pressure > 130/80 | 14 (12.4) | 1 (20.0) | 6 (8.1) | 2 (13.0) | 0.543 |
| GDM | 52 (46.0) | 5 (100.0) | 31 (41.9) | 7 (43.8) | 0.095 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Persian | 66 (58.4) | 4 (80.0) | 44 (59.5) | 9 (56.3) | 0.372 |
| Turkish | 30 (26.5) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (22.90) | 2 (12.5) | |
| Kurdish | 6 (5.3) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (6.7) | 2 (12.5) | |
| Gilak | 11 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (10.8) | 3 (18.7) | |
| Education level | |||||
| Elementary | 40 (35.4) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (39.2) | 4 (25.0) | 0.786 |
| Secondary | 42 (37.2) | 4 (80.0) | 27 (36.5) | 8 (80.0) | |
| University | 31 (27.4) | 1 (20.0) | 18 (24.3) | 4 (25.0) | |
| Type of infertility | |||||
| Primary | 83 (73.5) | 5 (100.0) | 50 (67.6) | 11 (68.7) | 0.493 |
| Secondary | 30 (26.5) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (32.4) | 5 (31.3) | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Homeworker | 95 (84.0) | 5 (100.0) | 61 (82.4) | 14 (87.5) | 0.964 |
| Employed | 18 (15.9) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (17.6) | 2 (12.5) | |
AO: oligo/anovulation; BMI: body mass index; GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; PCOS: polycystic ovary syndrome; HA: hyperandrogenism; PCO: polycystic ovaries. Statistically significant p-values are in bold; the quantitative and qualitative variables are presented as mean (standard deviation) and number (percentage), respectively.