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. 2021 Jul 28;10(9):1035–1044. doi: 10.1530/EC-21-0257

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of the control and polycystic ovary syndrome groups.

CON PCOS P-value
n (%) n (%)
Acne 12 (22.6) 95 (56.9) <0.001
Hirsutism 12 (22.2) 91 (54.5) <0.001
PCOM 1 (2.5) 126 (81.8) <0.001
Overweight 47 (24.6) 76 (40.6) <0.001
Obesity 17 (8.9) 38 (20.3) 0.002
Central obesity 38 (24.5) 66 (37.3) 0.01
MS 3 (6.4) 26 (16) 0.09
IR 17 (32.1) 61 (37) 0.52

CON, control subjects; IR, insulin resistance; MS, metabolic syndrome; PCOM, polycystic ovarian morphology at ultrasound; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome patients; insulin resistance, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance index > 2.5.