Table 1 Comparison of demographic, anthropometric, and hormonal indices of PCOS and non-PCOS

Age, years

33.7 ± 7.45

35.4 ± 7.0

0.01

Height, cm

161 ± 5.6

160 ± 5.9

0.12

Weight, kg

67 ± 11.7

66 ± 11.7

0.50

BMI, kg/m2

27.0 ± 4.0

27.1 ± 4.4

0.35

• Normal n (%)

49 (32.7)

88 (36.7)

0.7

• Overweight n (%)

63 (42)

96 (40%)

• Obese n (%)

38 (25.3)

56 (23.3)

Waist circumference, cm

87 ± 10.2

87 ± 9.6

0.94

• >90 cm n (%)

54 (36)

89 (37.1)

Hip circumference, cm

103 ± 8.7

102 ± 9.0

0.43

WHR

0.8 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.8

0.44

No smoking, n (%)

134 (97.8)

213 (95.0)

0.19

Married status, n (%)

103 (68.6)

169 (70.4)

0.71

Education level ≥ 12, n (%)

90 (60)

143 (59)

0.18

Parity, n (%)

1.5 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 0.7

0.21

Gravity, n (%)

1.9 ± 1.01

2.2 ± 1.4

0.14

OCPs use

12 (8.0)

13 (5.42)

0.311

Metformin use

8 (5.33)

6 (2.50)

0.143

Physical activity, n (%)

• < 600 MET minutes/week

85 (56.6)

123 (51.2)

0.56

• 600–1500 MET minutes/week

24 (16)

41 (17.0)

• > 1500 MET minutes/week

41 (27.3)

76 (31.6)

FPG, mg/dl

91 ± 7.5

90 ± 8.20

0.22

TG, mg/dl †

96.5 (73.1)

93.5 (68.1)

0.22

Total Cholesterol, mg/dl

172 ± 31.5

175 ± 33.9

0.41

HDL– C, mg/dl

50 ± 10.9

50 ± 10.2

0.78

LDL– C, mg/dl

99.2 ± 26.9

104 ± 29.2

0.09

tT, ng/ml †

0.5 (0.2, 0.8)

0.2 (0.1, 0.4)

0.00

SHBG, nmol/l †

46 (35.3, 63.5)

54.5 (37.5, 84.8)

0.01

FAI, †

1.1 (0.58, 1.8)

0.4 (0.1, 0.7)

0.00

DHEAS, µg/dl †

162 (97.6, 211)

114 (54.8, 172)

0.00

Androstendion, ng/ml †

1.8 (1, 2.3)

1.1 (0.9, 1.7)

0.001

LH, IU/L †

6.4 (3.3, 8.6)

5.5 (3.6, 7.1)

0.15

FSH, IU/L †

7.2 (5.3, 9.1)

8.2 (5.8, 10)

0.02

LH/FSH †

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

0.6 (0.4, 0.8)

0.002

TSH, IU/L †

1.9 (1.2, 3.0)

2.1 (1.4, 3.1)

0.19

Prolactin, ng/ml †

13.9 (10.5, 19.4)

15.25 (10.1, 21.9)

0.38

mFG score

4.37 ± 5.10

1.0 2 ± 1.66

< 0.001