Table 1.
Baseline clinical and laboratory findings of the patients
| Nodule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (n=11) | Absent (n=107) | Total (n=118) | p value | |
| Mean(±SD) | ||||
| Age (year) | 23.27(4.98) | 22.29(4.30) | 22.38(4.35) | 0.532 |
| Menarche age (year) | 13.36(1.20) | 12.78(1.22) | 12.83(1.22) | 0.111 |
| Height (cm) | 160.64(66.22) | 163.49(5.58) | 163.22(5.72) | 0.065 |
| Body weight (kg) | 64.32(12.62) | 71.13(16.04) | 70.49(15.83) | 0.259 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.89(4.60) | 26.64(6.09) | 26.48(5.98) | 0.423 |
| Waist (cm) | 76.82(9.09) | 80.37(12.00) | 80.04(11.77) | 0.415 |
| Hip (cm) | 100.55(10.40) | 102.79(12.35) | 102.58(12.16) | 0.544 |
| WHR | 0.76(0.06) | 0.78(0.09) | 0.78(0.09) | 0.667 |
| FGS | 10.91(5.82) | 11.16(5.12) | 11.14(5.17) | 0.896 |
| FBG (mg/dL) | 86.72(5.33) | 88(8.51) | 87.88(8.25) | 0.633 |
| Insulin (mIU/L) | 10.39(6.24) | 12.65(7.90) | 12.44(7.76) | 0.557 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.26(1.39) | 2.79(1.85) | 2.74(1.82) | 0.508 |
| Cp (ng/mL) | 1.85(0.78) | 2.22(1.00) | 2.19(0.98) | 0.265 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.20(0.40) | 5.30(0.32) | 5.29(0.33) | 0.707 |
| DHEAS (mcg/dL) | 296.95(154.45) | 274.44(135.35) | 276.54(136.67) | 0.547 |
| Ttest (ng/dL) | 57.57(15.53) | 64.29(23.71) | 63.66(23.10) | 0.343 |
| FSH (IU/L) | 5.96(1.41) | 6.36(2.33) | 6.33(2.26) | 0.680 |
| LH (IU/L) | 9.53(4.47) | 13.17(11.06) | 12.83(10.66) | 0.554 |
| LH/FSH | 1.64(0.72) | 2.06(1.28) | 2.02(1.24) | 0.413 |
| PRL (ng/mL) | 12.47(8.32) | 18.17(22.52) | 17.63(21.64) | 0.072 |
| E2 (pg/mL) | 64.55(34.50) | 94.58(86.02) | 91.78(82.96) | 0.505 |
| Progesterone (ng/mL) | 0.79(0.51) | 1.51(2.26) | 1.44(2.17) | 0.426 |
| TSH (mIU/L) | 1.50(0.74) | 2.13(1.18) | 2.07(1.16) | 0.044 |
| fT4 (ng/dL) | 1.03(0.12) | 1.02(0.19) | 1.02(0.18) | 0.890 |
| fT3 (pg/mL) | 3.06(0.36) | 3.29(0.46) | 3.27(0.46) | 0.243 |
| GH (ng/mL) | 3.20(3.56) | 2.86(3.75) | 2.90(3.71) | 0.059 |
| IGF-1 (ng/mL) | 207.46(90.78) | 185.58(67.93) | 188.06(70.61) | 0.337 |
| 25(OH)D3 (ng/mL) | 19.02(9.90) | 15.14(11.73) | 15.50(11.59) | 0.107 |
| TG (mg/dL) | 76.27(25.77) | 99.70(49.73) | 97.51(48.41) | 0.054 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 116.11(40.53) | 97.90(26.27) | 99.59(28.17) | 0.147 |
| Tchol (mg/dL) | 189.81(44.11) | 170.99(31.65) | 172.74(33.23) | 0.134 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 58.34(11.93) | 52.97(12.23) | 53.47(12.25) | 0.166 |
| TTV (cm3) | 8106.65(2464.93) | 6623.92(3116.59) | 6762.14(3083.29) | 0.026 |
| MOV (cm3) | 17622.48(9800.24) | 10129.29(6667.42) | 11092.70(7494.91) | 0.006 |
| Larger ovarian volume (cm3) | 20073.84(10541.83) | 12052.56(8576.85) | 13083.87(9174.16) | 0.008 |
| Phenotype | N | p value | ||
| A | 8 | 82 | 90 | 0.957 |
| B | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| C | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| D | 0 | 1 | 1 | |