Table 2.

Comparison of the metabolic features of women with PCOS (without impaired fasting glucose or diabetes; n = 44) to those with prediabetes alone (without PCOS; n = 60). Mean (95% confidence intervals).

	PCOS	IFG (Pre-diabetes)	P-value
Age years	27.99 (26.68–29.29)	31.2 (29.27–33.14)	<0.01
BMI	30.52 (29.21–31.83)	28.80 (26.51–31.08)	0.07
Waist-Hip Ratio	0.79 (0.78–0.81)	0.76 (0.74–0.78)	<0.01
Glucose mmol/L	5.00 (4.79–5.21)	5.92 (5.81–6.04)	<0.001
HBA 1C %	5.55 (5.36–5.74)	5.51 (5.33–5.68)	0.95
Insulin pmol/L	15.52 (13.51–18.13)	28.81 (19.68–37.94)	0.016
Insulin Resistance	3.96 (3.10–4.83)	10.79 (5.57–16.01)	<0.01
Total cholesterol mmol/L	4.66 (4.50–4.82)	4.70 (4.47–4.92)	0.57
High Density Lipoprotein mmol/L	1.34 (1.27–1.40)	1.44 (1.33–1.55)	<0.01
Low Density Lipoprotein mmol/L	2.77 (2.63–2.92)	2.74 (2.54–2.94)	0.65
Testosterone nmol/L	1.74 (1.60–1.87)	1.09 (0.98–1.21)	<0.001
C-Reactive Protein mmol/L	8.23 (6.89–9.58)	7.68 (6.02–9.34)	0.43
Systolic blood pressure mmHg	109.26 (106.75–111.77)	106.70 (103.20–110.20)	0.31
Diastolic blood pressure mmHg	72.79 (71.09–74.49)	70.20 (67.68–72.72)	0.22
Vicorder - PulseWaveVelocity m/s	9.89 (9.46–10.32)	10.64 (8.94–12.35)	0.78

To convert values for glucose to milligrams per decilitre, divide by 0.056. To convert values for insulin to picomoles per litre, multiply by 6. To convert values for cholesterol to milligrams per decilitre, divide by 0.0259. To convert values for triglycerides to milligrams per decilitre, divide by 0.0113.