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. 2019 Jul 14;13(3):203–208. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2019.5703

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)


Variable Yes (n=120) No (n=120) P value

Age (Y) 29.55 ± 5.17 29.33 ± 6.23 0.771
Education 0.278
≤12 years 51 (56.7) 39 (43.3)
>12 years 63 (49.2) 65 (50.8)
BMI 0.218
<25 41 (34.2) 29 (24.2)
25-29.99 45 (37.5) 52 (43.3)
≥30 34 (28.3) 39 (32.5)
Duration of infertility (Y) 0.159
<5 66 (74.2) 56 (64.4)
≥5 23 (25.8) 31 (35.64)
Regular menstruation <0.001
Regular 64 (53.3) 93 (77.5)
Irregular 56 (47.7) 27 (22.5)
Duration of marriage (Y) 5.9 ± 3.99(5) 6.04 ± 3.88(5) 0.587
Husband’ age (Y) 33.06 ± 5.43 32.66 ± 4.82 0.554
Husbands’ education* 0.504
≤12 years 54 (47.8) 45 (43.3)
>12 years 59 (52.2) 59 (56.7)

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). BMI; Body mass index, *; There were some missing data; therefore, the sum of the frequencies for qualitative variables is not equal to 120.