Table 3.
Quality of life, Depression and Anxiety scores for the PCOS+OSA and PCOS only groups.
| PCOS+OSA (n = 15) | PCOS only (n = 24) | Unadjusted difference (95% CI) |
p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted† | ||||
| WHOQOL physical health | 58.1 ± 18.3 | 68.3 ± 16.6 | −10.2 (−21.8 to 1.4) | 0.084 | 0.13 |
| WHOQOL psychological health | 51.9 ± 17.0 | 51.4 ± 16.7 | 0.4 (−10.9 to 11.8) | 0.94 | 0.90 |
| WHOQOL social health | 75.0 (50.0–81.0) | 75.0 (56.0–79.5) | 2.9 (−8.9 to 14.7) | 0.77 | 0.78 |
| WHOQOL environment | 64.9 ± 13.4 | 73.0 ± 12.4 | −8.1 (−16.7 to 0.4) | 0.061 | 0.079 |
| PCOSQ emotions | 3.7 ± 1.6 | 4.2 ± 1.3 | −0.52 (−1.5 to 0.4) | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| PCOSQ hirsutism | 2.5 ± 1.3 | 3.6 ± 1.7 | −1.2 (−2.2 to −0.1) | 0.03 | 0.17 |
| PCOSQ weight | 1.4 (1.0–2.2) | 2.5 (1.2–4.4) | −0.8 (−1.8 to 0.3) | 0.17 | 0.34 |
| PCOSQ infertility | 3.3 ± 2.1 | 4.3 ± 1.7 | −1.0 (−2.2 to 0.3) | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| PCOSQ menstrual cycle | 3.3 ± 1.3 | 3.8 ± 1.3 | −0.56 (−1.4 to 0.3) | 0.21 | 0.23 |
| HAD anxiety | 10.0 (6.0–12.0) | 10.5 (7.0–13.0) | −0.6 (−3.6 to 2.4) | 0.68 | 0.74 |
| HAD depression | 8.1 ± 4.1 | 7.0 ± 5.0 | 1.1 (−2.1 to 4.2) | 0.49 | 0.51 |
BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale; OSA, obstructive sleep apnoea; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; PCOSQ, PCOS health-related quality of life questionnaire; QoL, quality of life; WHOQOL, World Health Organization QoL-BREF questionnaire.
Data presented as mean (standard deviation).
†
Adjusted for age and BMI; nonnormally distributed data were log transformed before analysis.