Table 4.

Comparison of the metabolic features of women with PCOS (without impaired fasting glucose or diabetes; n = 44) to those with diabetes (without PCOS; n = 27). Mean (95% confidence intervals).

	PCOS	Diabetes	P-value
Age years	27.99 (26.68–29.29)	34.40 (31.36–37.44)	<0.01
BMI	30.52 (29.21–31.83)	31.75 (27.03–36.48)	0.22
Waist-Hip Ratio	0.79 (0.78–0.81)	0.83 (0.76–0.91)	0.07
Glucose mmol/L	5.00 (4.79–5.21)	12.66 (7.64–17.67)	<0.001
HBA 1C %	5.55 (5.36–5.74)	9.98 (8.39–11.57)	<0.001
Insulin pmol/L	15.52 (13.51–18.13)	76.69 (−55.09–208.47)	<0.001
Insulin Resistance	3.96 (3.10–4.83)	37.47 (−10.83–85.78)	<0.001
Total cholesterol mmol/L	4.66 (4.50–4.82)	5.18 (4.60–5.77)	0.051
High Density Lipoprotein mmol/L	1.34 (1.27–1.40)	1.43 (1.03–1.82)	<0.01
Low Density Lipoprotein mmol/L	2.77 (2.63–2.92)	3.05 (2.71–3.39)	0.35
C-Reactive Protein mmol/L	8.23 (6.89–9.58)	11.68 (4.81–18.55)	0.13
Systolic blood pressure mmHg	109.26 (106.75–111.77)	111.8 (102.67–120.9)	0.16
Diastolic blood pressure mmHg	72.79 (71.09–74.49)	73.10 (67.67–78.53)	0.61
Vicorder - PulseWaveVelocity m/s	9.89 (9.46–10.32)	11.76 (10.24–13.28)	0.01

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.