Table 2.

Cardiac and vascular markers separated by group.

	Obese PCOS (n=36)	Obese controls (n=17)	p-value
Systolic BP, mmHg	114± 7	113 ± 7	0.621
Diastolic BP, mmHg	65 ± 7	66 ± 5	0.368
Non-dipper	9 (25.0%)	1 (5.9%)	0.082
Pre-hypertensive	6 (16.7%)	2 (11.8%)	0.299
Urine microalbumin:creatinine ratio, mcg/mg creatinine	25.22 ± 47.82	28.80 ± 393.50	0.817
cIMT, mm	0.49 ± 0.07	0.44 ± 0.06	0.038
Carotid distention, mm	0.82 ± 0.19	0.87 ± 0.17	0.275
Beta stiffness index, U	5.1 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 0.9	0.037
Carotid compliance, mm2/mmHg × 10−1	1.95 ± 0.47	2.13 ± 0.43	0.047
LV mass index, g/m2.7	31.94 ± 6.10	31.86 ± 13.83	0.977
Fractional shortening, %	35.19 ± 6.56	33.01 ± 6.83	0.270
Global longitudinal strain, %	−17.48 ± 2.17	−16.80 ± 3.22	0.370
Global circumferential strain, %	−22.58 ± 4.81	−22.59 ± 3.54	0.994

Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation; categorical variables as frequency (percentage).

A p-value in bold font indicates a significant difference between groups.

PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome; BP, blood pressure; cIMT, carotid intima–media thickness; LV, left ventricular.