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. 2021 Nov 24;13(12):4217. doi: 10.3390/nu13124217

Table 2.

Comparison of the value of body composition parameters dependent on phenotype in the group of women with PCOS.

Parameters Phenotype 1 Phenotype 2 Phenotype 3 Phenotype 4 p Value
n = 31 n = 7 n = 11 n = 6
Age (years) 26.00 (22.00–29.00) 25.000 (19.00–27.00) 25.00 (24.00–28.00) 27.50 (2500–33.00) 0.546
BMI (kg/m2) 23.40 (20.50–27.00) 30.90 (21.00–35.30) 24.80 (23.20–33.00) 20.45 (17.30–24.30) 0.178
WHR 0.87 (0.83–0.93) 0.98 (0.84–1.00) 0.89 (0.87–0.97) 0.81 (0.79–0.90) 0.168
SMM (kg) 25.90 (23.00–29.00) 24.80 (22.30–26.40) 22.20 (21.80–27.90) 23.05 (20.20–23.40) 0.335
FAT (kg) 21.60 (12.90–29.40) 36.70 (18.80–45.70) 21.90 (20.80–41.50) 14.00 (11.90–23.40) 0.245
TBW (%) 34.10 (31.00–38.00) 32.70 (29.80–34.60) 29.70 (29.10–36.90) 30.90 (27.70–31.10) 0.311
FFM (%) 46.60 (42.30–52.00) 44.70 (40.70–47.40) 40.70 (39.80–50.50) 42.10 (37.90–42.60) 0.331
PBF (%) 31.70 (23.40–37.80) 43.70 (30.10–52.20) 36.30 (30.00–42.60) 25.90 (22.10–36.70) 0.180
VFA (cm2) 9.00 (5.00–14.00) 19.00 (7.00–22.00) 10.00 (8.00–20.00) 5.00 (4.00–12.00) 0.233
BMR (kcal) 1377 (1285–1492) 1336 (1249–1393) 1249 (1230–1460) 1279.5 (1188–1290) 0.318

Legend: PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist hip ratio; SMM, skeletal muscle mass; FAT, fat mass; TBW, total body water; FFM, fat-free mass; PBF, percent of body fat; VFA, visceral fat area; BMR, basal metabolic rate.