Table II.
Reproductive history of women by polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis group.
| PCOS diagnosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior diagnosis (N = 56) | Study diagnosis (N = 64) |
Prior vs study
P-valuea |
No PCOS (N = 854) | Three-group comparison P-valuea | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age of menarche | 0.68 | 0.37 | |||
| <11 years | 3 (5.4) | 4 (6.3) | 32 (3.8) | ||
| 11 to <12 years | 7 (12.5) | 14 (21.9) | 110 (12.9) | ||
| 12 to <13 years | 18 (32.1) | 18 (28.1) | 241 (28.2) | ||
| 13 to <14 years | 15 (26.8) | 13 (20.3) | 231 (27.1) | ||
| ≥14 years | 13 (23.2) | 14 (21.8) | 238 (27.9) | ||
| Ever used oral contraceptive pill to manage period problems | 35 (62.5) | 32 (50.0) | 0.17 | 305 (35.7) | <0.001 |
| Attempted or achieved pregnancy | 45 (80.4) | 46 (71.9) | 0.28 | 614 (71.9) | 0.39 |
| Among those who attempted or achieved pregnancy | N = 45 | N = 46 | N = 614 | ||
| Difficulties becoming pregnant | 32 (71.1) | 17 (37.0) | 0.001 | 114 (18.6) | <0.001 |
| Consulted health practitioner for infertility | 26 (57.8) | 9 (19.6) | <0.001 | 56 (9.1) | <0.001 |
| Pregnancy outcomes, among those ever pregnant | N = 41 | N = 44 | N = 586 | ||
| One or more terminations | 7 (17.1) | 11 (25.0) | 0.37 | 165 (28.2) | 0.29 |
| One or more ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages or stillbirths | 15 (36.6) | 15 (34.1) | 0.81 | 139 (23.7) | 0.07 |
| One or more live births | 33 (80.5) | 33 (75.0) | 0.54 | 503 (85.8) | 0.11 |
a
Pearson’s Chi2 test.
PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome.