Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and laboratory data.
| OCP (N=33) |
Lifestyle (N=29) |
Combined (N=25) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Demographics | |||
| Age (years) | 29.6 (3.2) | 28.8 (3.2) | 28.6 (3.6) |
| Hispanic: N (%) | 2 (6.1%) | 1 (3.4%) | 3 (12.0%) |
| Caucasian: N (%) | 30 (90.9%) | 23 (79.3%) | 21 (84.0%) |
| Black/African-American: N (%) | 1 (3.0%) | 1 (3.4%) | 2 (8.0%) |
| Other/multi-racial: N (%) | 2 (6.1%) | 5 (17.2%) | 2 (8.0%) |
| Nulliparous: N (%) | 24 (72.7%) | 24 (82.8%) | 23 (92.0%) |
| Biometric | |||
| Weight (kg) | 93.1 (14.7) | 97.2 (15.1) | 96.1 (13.1) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 34.7 (4.1) | 35.1 (4.7) | 35.0 (4.1) |
| Waist (Waist circumference (cm) | 105.5 (10.9) | 108.6 (13.4) | 106.6 (10.5) |
| Ferriman-Gallwey Hirsutism Score | 16.1 (7.2) | 19.9 (9.7) | 17.2 (7.6) |
| Ultrasound parameters | |||
| Total Ovarian Volume (cm3)* | 22.2 (17.5, 29.7) | 22.1 (13.5, 28.1) | 16.1 (12.8, 23.8) |
| Serum results | |||
| Testosterone (nmol/L)* | 1.8 (1.4, 2.4) | 2.0 (1.3, 2.7) | 1.7 (1.3,2.6) |
| Sex hormone binding globulin (nmol/L)* | 27.5 (20.2, 34.7) | 29.5 (22.2, 38.1) | 23.7 (17.0, 38.3) |
| Fasting Glucose (mmol/L) | 4.81 (0.52) | 4.86 (0.55) | 4.98 (0.63) |
| Fasting Insulin (uU/ml)* | 22.0 (17.0, 27.0) | 25.0 (21.0, 32.0) | 24.0 (15.0, 28.0) |
*
Median (25th percentile, 75th percentile). There are no significant differences between groups.