Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the PCOS women

Variable	Mean $\pm$ SD	95% CI of the difference
Age (yr)	27.31 $\pm$ 5.01	26.33–28.28
BMI (kg/m${}^2$)	26.37 $\pm$ 5.21	25.16–27.57
FBS (mg/dl)	90.02 $\pm$ 7.83	88.21–91.84
FI (uIU/mL)	13.60 $\pm$ 12.59	10.68–16.52
FSH (IU/L)	5.57 $\pm$ 2.28	5.04–6.10
TSH (mU/L)	2.88 $\pm$ 3.26 (1.64♦)	2.12–3.64
LH (IU/L)	8.64 $\pm$ 6.80	7.03–10.25
Prolactin (ng/mL)	11.57 $\pm$ 7.44	9.80–13.35
SHBG (nmol/L)	30.80 $\pm$ 20.79	25.95–35.65
Testosterone (ng/mL)	1.22 $\pm$ 1.89 (0.4♦)	0.77–1.67
DHEAS (μg/dL)	200.56 $\pm$ 141.37	167.57–233.54
TG (mg/dL)	119.04 $\pm$ 67.45	102.33–135.76
BMI: Body mass index, SD: Standard deviation, FBS: Fasting blood sugar, FI: Fasting insulin, FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone, TSH: Thyroid-stimulating hormone, LH: Luteinizing hormone, SHBG: Sex hormone-binding globulin, DHEAS: Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, TG: Triglyceride, CI: Confidence interval. ♦IQR: Interquartile range