Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of women with PCOS in the three groups

 Phenotype 1

7

10

7

–

 Phenotype 2

0

0

0

–

 Phenotype 3

0

0

0

–

 Phenotype 4

0

4

7

–

Age (years)

31.43 ± 1.72

29.86 ± 4.13

30.29 ± 3.31

0.546

BMI (kg/m²)

29.07 ± 2.15

22.33 ± 3.39^a

23.47 ± 3.76^a

< 0.001

AFC

18.64 ± 1.21

14.36 ± 1.92^ab

12.57 ± 0.85^a

< 0.001

Basal FSH level (mIU/ml)

6.45 ± 1.78

6.76 ± 1.79

6.57 ± 1.25

0.904

Basal LH level (mIU/ml)

4.68 ± 2.08

7.17 ± 6.14

4.09 ± 1.80

0.147

Basal estradiol level (pg/ml)

45.86 ± 19.89

45.07 ± 19.93

40.57 ± 15.12

0.747

Basal progesterone level (ng/ml)

0.64 ± 0.28

0.68 ± 0.38

0.63 ± 0.60

0.965

PRL level (ng/ml)

14.64 ± 6.25

20.78 ± 10.92

16.92 ± 5.45

0.239

AMH level (ng/ml)

10.94 ± 3.80^b

7.50 ± 4.92^b

2.33 ± 2.08

< 0.001

Testosterone level before CPA treatment (ng/ml)

1.02 ± 0.30

0.69 ± 0.30^c

0.57 ± 0.21^a

0.003

Testosterone level after CPA treatment (ng/ml)

0.55 ± 0.14

0.61 ± 0.12

0.57 ± 0.21

0.722

No. of previous stimulated cycles

16

2

1

–

No. of previous canceled cycles

16

0

0

–