Table 2.
Body Composition of Women With and Without Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
| Body Composition (DXA) | Nonobese |
Obese |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCOS Features | Non-PCOS | PCOS Features | Non-PCOS | |
| Total body fat, kg | 19.5 (16.7, 20.7) | 19.3 (17.9, 20.5) | 35.1 (32.7, 39.8) | 33.6 (31.5, 36.1) |
| Total body fat, % | 30.3 (28.3, 32.1) | 31.2 (30.3, 32.1) | 41.4 (40.0, 42.7) | 41.4 (40.4, 42.0) |
| Truncal body fat, kg | 8.1 (7.1, 9.4) | 7.9 (7.1, 9.1) | 17.4 (16.1, 20.4)a | 15.9 (14.9, 17.2) |
| Truncal fat, % | 12.2 (11.1, 14.7) | 13.1 (12.0, 14.1) | 20.4 (19.9, 21.2)a | 19.4 (19.1, 20.0) |
| Upper extremity fat, kg | 2.3 (1.8, 2.6) | 2.2 (2.0, 2.5) | 4.3 (4.0, 4.7) | 4.0 (3.8, 4.2) |
| Upper extremity fat, % | 3.6 (2.9, 4.0) | 3.5 (3.4, 3.8) | 5.1 (4.8, 5.2) | 4.9 (0.48, 5.2) |
| Lower extremity fat, kg | 11.0 (10.3, 12.0) | 10.6 (10.1, 11.1) | 14.7 (13.6, 15.6) | 14.4 (13.7, 15.3) |
| Lower extremity fat, % | 12.0 (11.4, 12.2) | 12.1 (11.6, 13.0) | 14.5 (13.9, 15.2)a | 15.6 (15.2, 15.9) |
| Truncal/lower extremity fat ratio | 1.08 (0.91, 1.20) | 0.98 (0.91, 1.1) | 1.42 (1.32, 1.48)a | 1.27 (1.19, 1.30) |
| Lean mass, kg | 42.3 (39.7, 44.5) | 41.2 (39.7, 43.1) | 49.4 (46.5, 50.6)a | 46.7 (45.2, 48.4) |
| Lean mass, % | 66.1 (64.3, 67.9) | 65.1 (64.2, 65.9) | 55.8 (54.3, 57.2) | 55.8 (55.3, 56.6) |
Data presented as median (95% confidence intervals).
a
Significantly different between obese PCOS and obese non-PCOS (P < 0.05); obesity defined as body fat ≥35%.