Table 1 General characteristics of study participants between case and controls and across tertiles of DOS.
PCOS | Control | P-value* | DOS | P-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||||||
Age (y) | 23.5 ± 5.25 | 23.5 ± 4.69 | 0.79 | 22.5 ± 4/.6 | 23.9 ± 5.33 | 24.2 ± 5.18 | 0.13 |
Weight (kg) | 67.5 ± 11.5 | 63.3 ± 13.3 | 0.02 | 63.3 ± 10.4 | 67.1 ± 14.1 | 65.4 ± 13.3 | 0.22 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.8 ± 4.62 | 24.0 ± 5.07 | 0.007 | 24.1 ± 3.84 | 25.7 ± 5.49 | 24.7 ± 5.06 | 0.17 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 82.4 ± 11.4 | 79.4 ± 10.4 | 0.051 | 79.0 ± 8.99 | 82.7 ± 12.1 | 80.6 ± 11.0 | 0.13 |
Age of onset of menstruation (y) | 12.7 ± 1.47 | 12.8 ± 1.30 | 0.47 | 12.6 ± 1.20 | 12.6 ± 1.46 | 13.1 ± 1.41 | 0.03 |
Family size (n) | 3.98 ± 1.29 | 3.98 ± 3.15 | 0.99 | 4.15 ± 1.08 | 3.88 ± 1.24 | 3.93 ± 1.30 | 0.42 |
Number of children (n) | 0.91 ± 1.17 | 0.78 ± 1.21 | 0.44 | 0.85 ± 1.24 | 0.88 ± 1.18 | 0.79 ± 1.17 | 0.89 |
E_DOS | 25.9 ± 2.99 | 26.0 ± 3.0 | 0.68 | 22.5 ± 1.53 | 26.0 ± 0.76 | 29.3 ± 1.57 | < 0.001 |
SBP | 111 ± 10.47 | 111 ± 9.80 | 0.69 | 112.1 ± 9.66 | 112.6 ± 10.78 | 109.8 ± 9.62 | 0.24 |
DBP | 71.36 ± 7.56 | 71.56 ± 8.23 | 0.86 | 71.9 ± 7.83 | 71.6 ± 7.93 | 70.6 ± 7.91 | 0.64 |
n (%) | n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total family income | 0.001 | 0.22 | |||||
> 200 dollar | 40 (40) | 63 (63) | 29 (48.3) | 46 (59.0) | 28 (45.2) | ||
Education (Graduated) | 45 (45) | 68 (68) | 0.001 | 38 (63.3) | 43 (55.1) | 32 (51.6) | 0.41 |
Occupation (Housewife) | 75 (75) | 88 (88) | < 0.01 | 50 (83.3) | 62 (79.5) | 51 (82.3) | 0.83 |
Married | 47 (47) | 25 (25) | 0.001 | 14 (23.3) | 33 (42.3) | 25 (40.3) | 0.04 |
Medication use (yes) | 40 (40) | 11 (11) | < 0.001 | 13 (21.7) | 23 (29.5) | 15 (24.2) | 0.55 |
Dietary supplement intake (yes) | 32 (32) | 45 (45) | 0.05 | 20 (23.3) | 36 (46.2) | 21 (33.9) | 0.20 |
Physical activity | 0.14 | 0.44 | |||||
Low | 61 (61) | 50 (50) | 28 (46.7) | 47 (60.3) | 36 (58.1) | ||
Moderate | 25 (25) | 38 (38) | 21 (35) | 22 (28.2) | 20 (32.3) | ||
Intense | 14 (14) | 12 (12) | 11 (18.3) | 9 (11.5) | 6 (9.7) | ||
