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Table 3 Prevalence of various metabolic abnormalities in adolescents with and without PCOS

From: Metabolic abnormalities in adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome in south china

  

PCOS (%)

 

Control (%)

Rotterdam criteria

NIH criteria

IFG

0

1.6

2.2

IGT

0

10.2*

12.2*

Pre-diabetes

0

11.7*

14.4**

HIN

7.5

29.7**

33.3**

IR

17.5

46.9**

44.4**

Hypercholesterolemia

0

4.7

5.6

Elevated LDL

0

4.7

5.6

Low HDL

15.0

14.1

16.7

Hypertriglyceridemia

7.5

10.2

12.2

Dyslipidemia

17.5

22.7

26.7

Central obese

5.0

20.3*

24.4**

Raised BP

2.5

8.0

8.2

MS

2.5

4.7

6.7

  1. IFG: impaired fasting glycaemia; IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; pre-diabetes: IFG and/or IGT; HIN: hyperinsulinemia; IR: insulin resistance; MS: metabolic syndrome.
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. control.