Table 1.

Characteristics of normal-weight women with PCOS and age and BMI matched controls.

	PCOS		Controls		P-value	P-value*
	n			n
SBP (mmHg)	512	118 (109, 128)	110 (105, 120)	281	<0.001	0.01
DBP (mmHg)	512	74 (67, 81)	70 (64, 75)	281	<0.001	<0.001
Age (years)	512	28 (25, 32)	27 (24, 31)	281	0.62	0.34
BMI (kg/m2)	512	22.2 (20.7, 23.4)	22.0 (20.5, 23.3)	281	0.31	0.25
Waist	472	77 (72, 81)	76 (73, 81)	123	0.27	0.50
WHR	466	0.77 (0.74, 0.83)	0.77 (0.75, 0.82)	123	0.53	0.83
FG score	293	4 (2, 8)	0	118	<0.001	<0.001
T-testosterone (nmol/L)	360	1.5 (1.1, 2.0)	0.8 (0.6, 1.0)	248	<0.001	<0.001
SHBG (nmol/L)	484	54 (41, 71)	71 (56, 93)	246	<0.001	<0.001
Androgen index	339	0.26 (0.17, 0.43)	0.11 (0.08, 0.15)	246	<0.001	<0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	326	4.4 (3.9, 5.0)	4.5 (3.9, 5.0)	111	0.70	0.51
TG (mmol/L)	323	0.8 (0.6, 1.0)	0.8 (0.6, 0.9)	111	0.79	0.85
LDL (mmol/L)	298	2.4 (2.0, 2.9)	2.4 (1.9, 2.9)	111	0.10	0.97
HDL (mmol/L)	306	1.6 (1.4, 1.8)	1.6 (1.4, 1.9)	111	0.67	0.81
BG fasting (mmol/L)	395	4.8 (4.6, 5.1)	4.9 (4.5, 5.2)	93	0.78	0.23
HbA1c (%)	205	5.2 (4.9, 5.3)	4.8 (4.7, 5.0)	43	<0.001	0.36
Smoking (yes), n (%)	447	64 (14.3%)	10 (9.4%)	106	0.11	0.54
Anovulation (yes), n (%)	506	430 (84.9%)
PCOS (yes), n (%)	477	406 (85.1%)
HA (yes), n (%)	475	269 (56.6%)
PCOS + anov (yes), n (%)	426	219 (51.4%)

Data presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%). P-values between women with PCOS and controls.

*P-value adjusted for country of study-inclusion (1: Denmark, 2: Finland, 3: Norway, 4: Sweden).