Table 2.

Demographic, clinical and hormonal characteristic of the study population

Parameters	Controls ($n=$ 109)		PCOS ($n=$ 126)		$t$	$P$ values
Age (years)	30.97	$\pm$ 5.45	28.61	$\pm$ 4.11	3.77	0.01
Weight (kg)	54.73	$\pm$ 7.05	59.34	$\pm$ 9.96	$-$4.13	0.01
BMI (kg/m${}^2$)	19.18	$\pm$ 6.22	23.50	$\pm$ 3.58	$-$6.39	0.06
FSH (mIU/ml)	4.70	$\pm$ 1.02	5.15	$\pm$ 1.65	$-$2.53	0.01
LH (mIU/ml)	3.83	$\pm$ 1.42	7.88	$\pm$ 4.61	$-$9.36	0.01
LH/FSH	0.85	$\pm$ 0.36	1.74	$\pm$ 1.94	$-$5.06	0.01
E2 (pmmol/L)	144.95	$\pm$ 47.40	167.39	$\pm$ 270.89	$-$0.91	0.36
PRL (mIU/L)	328.18	$\pm$ 114.29	339.54	$\pm$ 116.03	$-$0.76	0.45
T (nmol/L)	0.95	$\pm$ 0.50	2.38	$\pm$ 1.41	$-$10.60	0.01
HOMA_IR	1.60	$\pm$ 0.55	4.27	$\pm$ 2.37	$-$12.27	0.01