TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of PCOS and Non-PCOS women.
| Non-PCOS | PCOS | P-value | |
| n | 12 | 12 | |
| Age (years) | 30 ± 7 | 30 ± 7 | 0.98 |
| Body weight (kg) | 83.0 ± 18.5 | 85.2 ± 19.7 | 0.78 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.3 ± 5.8 | 29.8 ± 6.5 | 0.85 |
| Body fat percentage (%) | 36.4 ± 9.2 | 36.8 ± 9.0 | 0.91 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 94 ± 14 | 102 ± 14 | 0.16 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 113 ± 13 | 113 ± 11 | 0.99 |
| Waist/Hip ratio | 0.83 ± 0.05 | 0.90 ± 0.06 | 0.005 |
| VO2peak (L/min) | 2.83 ± 0.38 | 2.73 ± 0.38 | 0.54 |
| VO2peak (mL/min/kg) | 34.9 ± 7.0 | 33.2 ± 6.1 | 0.53 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 4.9 ± 0.4 | 5.0 ± 0.6 | 0.52 |
| Insulin (μU/mL) | 14.2 ± 10.6 | 15.7 ± 6.9 | 0.71 |
| HOMA-IR | 3.1 ± 2.3 | 3.6 ± 1.8 | 0.58 |
Values are mean ± SD. PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; BMI, body mass index; VO2peak, peak oxygen uptake; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance. In the Non-PCOS group, not enough blood was collected for analyzing insulin concentration, so n = 11 for insulin concentration and HOMA-IR in Non-PCOS. The meaning of a bold value is that the P-value is statistically significant.