Table 1.

Survey-based characteristics and register-based employment status at age 46 (numbers of cases and proportions) among the study population.

	Non-PCOS controls		PCOS		P-value
	n	%	n	%
Self-rated health	1563		240		<0.001
Good	1070	68.5	133	55.4
Poor	493	31.5	107	44.6
BMI	1544		238		<0.001
<25	775	50.2	92	38.7
25–30	470	30.4	74	31.1
>30	299	19.4	72	30.3
Alcohol consumption	1564		241		0.396
Abstinence	193	12.3	37	15.4
Low-risk drinking	1248	79.8	184	76.3
High-risk drinking	123	7.9	20	8.3
Smoking	1557		236		0.433
No smoking	886	56.9	130	55.1
Previous/occasional smoking	345	22.2	49	20.8
Regular smoking	326	20.9	57	24.2
Physical activity	1565		241		0.405
Low	337	21.5	55	22.8
Moderate	645	41.2	107	44.4
High	583	37.3	79	32.8
Parity	1449		226		0.797
0	142	9.8	22	9.7
1–2	783	54.0	120	53.1
>3	524	36.2	84	37.2
Residential area	1554		244		0.015
Urban	1028	66.2	142	58.2
Rural	526	33.8	102	41.8
Marital status	1573		280		0.027
Single	351	22.3	46	16.4
In a relationship	1222	77.7	234	83.6
Education	1571		241		0.189
Basic	86	5.5	19	7.9
Secondary	997	63.5	157	65.1
Tertiary	488	31.1	65	27.0
Employment history	1508		235		0.419
Continuous	1047	69.4	157	66.8
Discontinuous	461	30.6	78	33.2
Employment status at age 46	1493		238		<0.001
Employment day	1308	87.6	187	78.6
Unemployment day	102	6.8	28	11.8
Disability day	83	5.6	23	9.7