Table 2 Comparison between acromegalic patients who carried a diagnosis of PCOS or met diagnostic criteria for PCOS compared to those who did not. Mean + SD or *median [interquartile range]

Age (years)

32.5 ± 7.8

33.9 ± 7.3

0.39

%Upper limit of normal IGF-1*

195.4 [151.1, 241.8]

166.7 [141.7, 237.6]

0.37

BMI (kg/m²)*

26.9 [24.8, 33.6]

26.2 [22.7, 29.2]

0.16

Prolactin (ng/ml)*

18.3 [7.9, 28.9]

18.3 [9.3, 41.6]

0.47

Impaired glucose tolerance, %

46.9%

35.4%

0.38

Hypertension, %

28.1%

13.8%

0.10