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Table 1 Demographic and reproductive characteristics of study participants

From: Comparison of physical activity levels and dietary habits between women with polycystic ovarian syndrome and healthy controls of reproductive age: a case-control study

 

Group

Cases (n = 49)

Controls (n = 66)

Total (n = 115)

Fisher’s exact test

p-value

Age of participants

Mean ± SD

23.83 ± 5.191

17–24 years

25 (51.0%)

43 (65.2%)

68 (59.1%)

0.134

25–32 years

22 (44.9%)

18 (27.3%)

40 (34.8%)

33–40 years

2 (4.1%)

5 (7.6%)

7 (6.1%)

BMI categories

Mean ± SD

23.35 ± 4.58

Underweight

0 (0%)

16 (24.2%)

16 (13.9%)

 < 0.001*

Healthy weight

25 (51.0%)

36 (54.5%)

61 (53.0%)

Overweight

18 (36.7%)

13 (19.7%)

31 (27.0%)

Obese

6 (12.2%)

1 (1.5%)

7 (6.1%)

Waist-to-Hip ratio

Mean ± SD

0.83 ± 0.14

0.80 or below

15 (30.6%)

23 (34.8%)

38 (33.0%)

0.852

0.81 to 0.85

13 (26.5%)

15 (22.7%)

28 (24.3%)

Greater than 0.85

21 (42.9%)

28 (42.4%)

49 (42.6%)

Year of menarche

Mean ± SD

13.0 ± 1.45

9–11 years

2 (4.1%)

11 (16.7%)

13 (11.3%)

0.072

12–14 years

39 (79.6%)

49 (74.2%)

88 (76.5%)

15–16 years

8 (16.3%)

6 (9.1%)

14 (12.2%)

Menstruation

Normal

11 (22.4%)

62 (93.9%)

73 (63.5%)

 < 0.001*

Anovulation

10 (20.4%)

3 (4.5%)

13 (11.3%)

Oligo-ovulation

28 (57.1%)

1 (1.5%)

29 (25.2%)

Cyst

Yes

36 (73.5%)

0 (0%)

36 (31.3%)

 < 0.001*

No

13 (26.5%)

66 (100%)

79 (68.7%)

Family history

Yes

25 (51.0%)

4 (6.1%)

29 (25.2%)

 < 0.001*

No

24 (49.0%)

62 (93.9%)

86 (74.8%)

Hirsutism

Yes

45 (91.8%)

14 (21.2%)

59 (51.3%)

 < 0.001*

No

4 (8.2%)

52 (78.8%)

56 (48.7%)

Acne

Yes

29 (59.2%)

16 (24.2%)

45 (39.1%)

 < 0.001*

No

20 (40.8%)

50 (75.8%)

70 (60.9%)

mFG score

Less than 10

7 (14.3%)

48 (72.7%)

55 (47.8%)

 < 0.001*

Between 11–20

31 (63.3%)

17 (25.8%)

48 (41.7%)

Greater than 20

11 (22.4%)

1 (1.5%)

12 (10.45)

  1. *Significance level: p-value ≤ 0.05