Table 1.

Clinical, biochemical and hormonal characteristics of subjects participating in the study (n = 478).

	Mean	s.d.
Age (years)	24.75	8.05
BMI (kg/m2)	27.27	7.18
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	170	34.39
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	105	57.64
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	52	16.25
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	104	60.64
17-Hydroxy-progesterone (ng/mL)	1.09	0.62
Oestradiol (pg/mL)	69	83.80
Free T4 (ng/dL)	1.25	0.32
TSH (IU/L)	2.08	1.19
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.57	0.45
Insulin (IU/mL)	12	9.28
HOMA-IR	2.6695	2.0990
QUICKI	0.6123	0.1150
McAuley index	7.2951	1.9786
IRI (Belfiore)	1.19	0.36
Matsuda index	5.9304	4.0530
Stumvoll 0–120 index	0.07200	0.04793
Stumvoll with demographics index	0.07932	0.05875
Androstenedione (ng/mL)	3.95	1.73
DHEAS (µg/dL)	306	132.19
Total testosterone (µg/mL)	0.53	0.23