Table 1.
Characteristics of patients diagnosed de novo with PCOS and healthy controls
| Parameters | Group of patients with PCOS (N = 40) | Control group (N = 37) | p | ||
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| Median | IQT | Median | IQT | ||
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| Age [years] | 29 | 26; 32 | 26 | 24; 29 | ns |
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| Weight [kg] | 63.5 | 57.0; 70.0 | 59.0 | 55.0; 61.0 | 0.048 |
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| BMI | 22.1 | 20.7; 26.1 | 20.9 | 19.6; 22.6 | ns |
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| Ferriman–Gallwey score | 2.5 | 0.0, 7.5 | 0 | 0, 0 | >0.05 |
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| N [%] | N [%] | ||||
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| Menstrual disturbances | Yes | 27 [67.5] | Yes | - | >0.05 |
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| No | 13 [22.5] | No | 37 [100] | ||
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| Skin changes with seborrhea | Yes | 17 [42.5] | Yes | 6 [16,2] | >0.05 |
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| No | 23 [57.5] | No | 31 [83,8] | ||
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BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; ns, not significant; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome