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Table 4 Prevalence of metabolic abnormalities in adolescents with PCOS categorized by different BMI

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

 

Rotterdam criteria

NIH criteria

BMI

< 85th

≥ 85th

< 85th

≥ 85th

Number of subjects

85

43

57

33

IFG

2.4

0

3.5

0

IGT

7.1

16.3

10.5

15.2

pre-diabetes

9.4

16.3

14.0

15.2

HIN

10.6

67.4 ***

12.3

69.7 ***

IR

32.9

74.4 ***

28.1

72.7 ***

Hypercholesterolemia

2.4

9.3

3.5

9.1

Elevated LDL

1.2

11.6*

1.8

12.1

Low HDL

8.2

25.6**

10.5

27.3 *

Hypertriglyceridemia

3.5

23.3 **

3.5

27.3**

Dyslipidemia

14.1

39.5**

17.5

42.4 *

Central obese

0

60.5 ***

0

66.7 ***

Raised BP

0

19.4**

0

18.5 *

MS

0

14.0 **

0

18.2**

  1. Abbreviations as in Table 3.
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs. the "BMI < 85th" value.