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Table 3 Demographics of subjects chosen for the refined datamart

From: Identification of subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome using electronic health records

  

PCOS Cases

 

PCOS Controls

p value

 

N

6,295

 

59,456

 
  

Proportion

  

Proportion

  

Gender

Female

1.00

  

1.00

  

Age

18-25

0.15

  

0.11

  
 

26-35

0.45

  

0.37

  
 

36-45

0.35

  

0.33

  
 

46-55

0.05

  

0.13

  
 

56-65

0.00

  

0.06

 

0.03

Insurance

Private

0.71

  

0.67

  
 

Public-Medicaid

0.05

  

0.08

  
 

Public-Medicare

0.01

  

0.02

  
 

Public-Other

0.08

  

0.11

  
 

Other

0.09

  

0.10

  
 

Unknown

0.05

  

0.03

 

0.9

Race

White

0.63

  

0.64

  
 

Asian

0.07

  

0.06

  
 

Black

0.08

  

0.08

  
 

Hispanic

0.11

  

0.10

  
 

Other

0.11

  

0.11

 

1.0

Pregnancy

(Partners Hospital System)

0.36

  

0.56

 

0.007

Pap Smear

(lifetime history)

0.29

  

0.21

 

0.3

Smoker

(ever smoked)

0.08

  

0.05

 

0.6

Type 2 Diabetes

(lifetime history)

0.08

  

0.02

 

0.1

Hypertension

(lifetime history)

0.10

  

0.09

 

1.0

Womens' Health Visit

(lifetime history)

0.72

  

1.00

 

<0.001

  

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Age

current

33.55

7.23

 

36.93

9.75

<0.001

BMI

lifetime max

30.99

9.02

 

26.85

6.49

<0.001

  

Median

Q25

Q75

Median

Q25

Q75

Observation Period Start

year, median (IQR)

2003

1998

2008

2004

1999

2008

Observation Period End

year, median (IQR)

2012

2010

2013

2011

2010

2012

Number of facts

count, median (IQR)

186

68

428

226

90

524

  1. Controls were slightly older, with a lower BMI. Other factors were not different