Table 5 Clinical features and frequency of PCO/PCOS in obese and non-obese subjects
Characteristic | Diabetic cases | Controls | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obese (n = 55) | Non-obese (n = 50) | Obese (n = 30) | Non-obese (n = 30) | ||
Menstrual irregularity | |||||
Oligomenorrhea | 9 (16.4%) | 4 (8.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0.014 |
Polymenorrhea | 2 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.256 |
Mennorrhagia | 9 (16.4%) | 4 (8.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0.014 |
Hirsutism | 7 (12.7%) | 2 (4.0%) | 2 (6.7%) | 4 (13.3%) | 0.346 |
Acne | 2 (3.6%) | 1 (2.0%) | 1 (3.3%) | 1 (3.3%) | 0.966 |
Acanthosis nigricans | 2 (3.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.256 |
PCO | 34 (61.8%) | 30 (60.0%) | 14 (46.7%) | 8 (26.7%) | 0.009 |
PCOS | 22 (40.0%) | 17 (34.0%) | 10 (33.3%) | 8 (16.7%) | 0.181 |