Table 2.

Comparison between the PCOS Caucasian UK (n = 108) and Middle Eastern (n = 97) population for subject demographics, cardiovascular and metabolic indices.

	UK population				Middle Eastern population				P-value
	Mean	Std. Dev	Median	Range	Mean	Std. Dev	Median	Range
Age (years)	29.8	6.4	30.0	22.0	29.5	6.1	29.0	22.0	0.76
Height (cm)	166.2	5.8	166.0	29.0	159.2	6.0	159.4	34.8	< 0.001
Weight (kg)	73.1	14.1	70.1	57.7	67.9	16.7	65.0	107.6	0.002
BMI (kg/m2)	26.5	5.1	25.1	20.8	26.8	6.3	25.8	40.7	0.83
Waist (cm)	81.6	12.8	78.0	56.0	78.0	12.3	76.0	82.0	0.04
Hip (cm)	101.0	11.3	100.0	51.0	105.0	12.0	104.0	84.0	0.009
Systolic BP (mmHg)	114.7	11.8	113.0	57.0	104.6	10.9	104.0	76.0	< 0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	73.3	11.5	74.0	57.0	68.7	9.4	68.0	79.0	< 0.001
Testosterone(nmol/l)	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	1.1	0.5	1.1	4.7	0.02
FAI	2.4	1.6	2.1	10.1	1.7	0.9	1.5	3.9	< 0.001
TSH (mU/l)	1.8	1.0	1.5	6.1	2.3	7.1	1.4	10.0	0.17
Glucose (mmol/l)	4.6	0.6	4.5	4.9	5.0	1.4	4.8	22.7	< 0.001
White cell count	5.7	1.4	5.5	5.6	6.7	1.8	6.5	12.1	< 0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.6	0.7	4.7	3.3	4.8	0.8	4.7	5.4	0.35
Triglycerides(mmol/l)	1.1	0.8	0.8	4.6	1.0	0.5	0.8	3.7	0.57
HDL (mmol/l)	1.4	0.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.0	0.001
LDL (mmol/l)	2.7	0.6	2.6	2.9	2.8	0.7	2.8	5.0	0.89
CRP (mmol/l)	2.2	3.8	1.0	20.8	5.4	6.1	5.0	51.0	< 0.001
Insulin (μU/ml)	7.3	5.6	6.1	33.1	14.1	31.8	8.0	59.9	< 0.001
HOMA IR	1.6	1.5	1.2	9.2	3.6	12.4	1.7	26.4	< 0.001
SHBG (mmol/l)	50.0	22.6	45.0	104.0	85.0	61.5	67.0	46.1	< 0.001

HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, CRP C reactive protein, SHBG sex hormone binding globulin.