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. 2021 Mar 24;12:649794. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.649794

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of PCOS and non-PCOS women.

PCOS Non-PCOS P-values
n Mean ± SD n Mean ± SD
Age (years) 64 30 ± 5 15 31 ± 6 0.50
Body weight (kg) 64 85.1 ± 19.6 15 81.2 ± 17.1 0.48
BMI (kg/m2) 64 30.5 ± 6.5 15 28.4 ± 5.6 0.24
FFM (kg) 64 50.7 ± 6.8 15 51.0 ± 5.6 0.89
Body fat percentage (%) 64 39.2 ± 8.9 15 34.6 ± 9.7 0.08
Waist circumference (cm) 63 101 ± 17 14 92 ± 13 0.22
Hip circumference (cm) 63 113 ± 14 14 112 ± 12 0.81
Waist/Hip Ratio 63 0.90 ± 0.09 14 0.82 ± 0.05 0.007
HbA1c (mmol/mol) 64 32.4 ± 3.2 13 31.3 ± 4.0 0.30
VO2peak (mL/min/kg) 64 33.1 ± 7.2 15 36.0 ± 6.8 0.17
VO2peak (L/min) 64 2.7 ± 0.4 15 2.9 ± 0.3 0.21
Glucose (mmol/L) 63 5.0 ± 0.5 13 4.8 ± 0.4 0.40
Insulin (pmol/L) 64 117 ± 89 12 84 ± 61 0.28
HOMA-IR 63 4.5 ± 3.8 12 3.0 ± 2.3 0.24
Total testosterone (nmol/L) 64 1.5 ± 0.6 -
SHBG (nmol/L) 64 43 ± 23 -

Values are mean ± SD. PCOS, Polycystic ovary syndrome; BMI, body mass index; FFM, Fat free mass; VO2peak, peak oxygen uptake; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; SHBG, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin. Testosterone and SHBG concentrations were only measured in women with PCOS. Statistically significant P-values are in bold.