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. 2020 May 15;12(5):e8142. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8142

Table 1. Differences in Demographic Characteristics and Laboratory Values Between Women With and Without Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

*≤ 0.05 p-value.

**≤ 0.001 p-value

BMI: body mass index; BP-DYS: blood pressure - systolic; BP-SYS: blood pressure - systolic; FBS: fasting blood sugar; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; LH: luteinizing hormone; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; WHR: waist-hip ratio

  Subclinical Hypothyroid (n=31) Euthyroid (N=59) P-value
Age 24.6 ± 4.67 23.4 ± 4.54 .228
Weight   82.9 ± 0.81 69.8 ± 9.83 < 0.001 **
Height 5.3 ± .26 5.4 ± .292 < 0.005*
BP.SYS 113.0 ± 6.94 114.3 ± 8.17 .726
BP.DYS 80.6 ± 7.04 79.0 ± 5.125 .05
BMI   32.5 ± 3.75 25.7 ± 3.27 < 0.001**
WHR            5.3 ± 19. 12.4 ± 30.52 < 0.001**
FBS   96.8 ± 12.27 94.7 ± 8.41 .145
Serum insulin   21.0 ± 5.79 14.4 ± 6.87 < 0.001**
HOMA.IR   4.9 ± 1.50 3.2 ± 1.69 < 0.001**
Testosterone 87.2 ± 33.11 84.9 ± 36.57 .875
LH   11.6 ± 5.37 12.3 ± 4.21 .494  
FSH   7.6 ± 3.16 6.8 ± 2.85 .252
TSH   3.9 ± 1.09 1.8 ± .38 < 0.001**