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Table 3 Anthropometric, hormonal, metabolic and ultrasonographic characteristics of normal weight and overweight/obese controls.

From: The effects of obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome on serum lipocalin-2 levels: a cross-sectional study

 

Group IIα

(normal weight controls)

(n = 25)

Group IIβ

(overweight/obese controls)

(n = 25)

p

(adjusted for age)

Age (years)

31.3 ± 4.5

33.9 ± 4.6

NA

BMI (kg/m2)

21.9 ± 1.6

28.3 ± 3.0

< 0.001

Waist (cm)

73.7 ± 5.6

87.9 ± 8.5

< 0.001

FSH (mIU/ml)

8.1 ± 2.5

7.8 ± 3.2

NS

LH (mIU/ml)

7.1 ± 3.3

4.8 ± 1.5

0.011

Prolactin (ng/ml)

12.1 ± 3.8

12.4 ± 4.7

NS

Testosterone (ng/dl)

36.4 ± 14.5

29.4 ± 13.8

NS

Δ4-A (ng/ml)

1.8 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.6

NS

DHEA-S (ng/ml)

2138.9 ± 788.6

1750.4 ± 803.1

NS

FAI

1.89 ± 0.99

2.07 ± 1.31

NS

17α-OHP (ng/ml)

0.7 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.3

NS

SHBG (nmol/l)

76.4 ± 30.8

61.9 ± 35.5

NS

Glucose (mg/dl)

95.1 ± 7.8

98.9 ± 11.2

NS

Insulin (μIU/ml)

8.2 ± 7.0

10.3 ± 6.6

NS

Glucose/insulin

15.48 ± 7.27

14.23 ± 10.62

NS

HOMA-IR

1.96 ± 1.76

2.53 ± 1.63

NS

QUICKI

0.36 ± 0.03

0.35 ± 0.04

NS

Area under the OGTT curve

13009.8 ± 1680.8

16121.4 ± 3883.3

0.002

Mean ovarian volume (cm3)

5.3 ± 1.9

5.3 ± 1.8

NS

Mean number of ovarian follicles

6.0 ± 1.9

6.4 ± 1.9

NS

Lipocalin (ng/ml)

50.5 ± 23.7

70.1 ± 24.9

0.004

  1. Abbreviations are defined in Table 1.