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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Correlation between thyroid hormone sensitivity and the risk of polycystic ovary syndrome

 

Overall

Healthy population

PCOS

P value

N

552

137

415

 

Age

28.00 ± 3.51

28.13 ± 3.47

27.90 ± 3.42

0.604

Height (cm)

160.65 ± 5.07

160.50 ± 4.23

160.78 ± 5.37

0.646

Weight (kg)

74.10(61.60,83.70)

53.60(49.80,58.05)

78.70(72.03,86.28)

<0.001

BMI

29.30(24.22,32.00)

20.94(19.34,22.72)

30.35(28.57,32.80)

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

118.96 ± 11.42

112.46 ± 10.09

121.28 ± 11.08

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

76.74 ± 9.39

70.11 ± 8.25

79.07 ± 8.65

<0.001

FPG (mmol/L)

5.07(4.73,5.47)

4.69(4.47,4.92)

5.21(4.86,5.61)

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

1.32(0.80,2.00)

0.69(0.57,0.92)

1.57(1.09,2.27)

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)

4.52(4.06,5.13)

4.34(3.86,4.86)

4.60(4.11,5.23)

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.12(0.93,1.40)

1.49(1.21,1.66)

1.06(0.89,1.24)

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.56(2.03,3.10)

2.07(1.78,2.47)

2.71(2.23,3.25)

<0.001

TSH (pmol/L)

2.54(1.81,3.30)

2.38(1.72,2.83)

2.62(1.84,3.48)

0.001

FT3 (pmol/L)

5.20 ± 0.64

4.76 ± 0.59

5.35 ± 0.59

<0.001

FT4 (pmol/L)

17.21 ± 1.97

16.75 ± 1.78

17.33 ± 1.99

0.002

FT3/FT4

0.30(0.27,0.33)

0.28(0.26,0.31)

0.31(0.28,0.34)

<0.001

TT4RI

42.35(30.62,56.38)

38.38(28.45,49.44)

44.65(31.70,60.33)

<0.001

TSHI

3.21 ± 0.40

3.04 ± 0.43

3.27 ± 0.50

<0.001

PTFQIFT4

0.07 ± 0.25

-0.02 ± 0.23

0.10 ± 0.24

<0.001

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median (interquartile range)
  2. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose level; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone; FT3: free triiodothyronine; FT4: free thyroxine; TT4RI: Thyrotropin T4 resistance index; TSHI: TSH index; TFQI: thyroid feedback quantile-based index