Table 1 Demographic, clinical and paraclinical characteristics of participants (n = 160)
Characteristic (Qualitative) | Grouping | Frequency (Percent) | Characteristic (Quantitative) | Median ± IQR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Marital status | Single | 91 (56.9%) | Age (years) | 24 ± 7 |
Married | 64 (40%) | Height (cm) | 165 ± 6 | |
Widowed/divorced | 5 (3.1%) | Weight (kg) | 66.5 ± 14.75 | |
Job | Employed | 14 (8.8%) | BMI1 (kg/m2) | 24.61 ± 5.38 |
Housewife | 57 (35.6%) | age at menarche (years) | 12 ± 1 | |
University student | 51 (31.9%) | FSH2 (IU/l) | 2.73 ± 1.47 | |
Highschool student | 19 (11.9%) | Total testosterone (ng/ml) | 0.65 ± 0.58 | |
self-employment | 19 (11.9%) | SHBG3 (nmol/l) | 31.3 ± 14.58 | |
Education | Illiterate | 5 (3.1%) | LH4 (IU/l) | 7.45 ± 5.9 |
under diploma | 33 (20.6%) | MDA5 (μM) | 0.64 ± 0.86 | |
Diploma | 29 (18.1%) | FBS6 (mg/dl) | 80 ± 2 | |
college education | 93 (58.1%) | FI7 (μU/dl) | 19.65 ± 16.37 | |
HOMA8 | 3.88 ± 3.26 | |||
Economic status | poor (expenditure more than income) | 44 (27.5%) | Hb9 (g/dl) | 12.30 ± 0.30 |
Good (expenditure less than and equal to income) | 116 (72.5%) | TSH (mU/l) | 3.20 ± 1.04 | |
Physical activity | No (< 90 minutes per week) | 66 (41.3%) | T411 (nmol/l) | 1.07 ± .24 |
Yes (> = 90 minutes per week) | 94 (58.8%) | T312 (nmol/l) | 1.20 ± 0.85 | |
PCOS Phenotype | A | 83 (51.9%) | PLT13 (N/mm3) | 209.50 ± 66.75 |
B | 37 (23.1%) | FAI14 | 2.04 ± 2.48 | |
C | 21 (13.1%) | WHR15 | 0.81 ± .02 | |
D | 19 (11.9%) | |||
Insulin Resistance (IR) | No (HOMA< 2.5) | 41 (25.6%) | ||
Yes (HOMA> = 2.5) | 119 (74.4%) | |||
BMI | Normal (< 25) | 85 (53.1%) | ||
Overweight/obese (> = 25) | 75 (46.9%) | |||
Ovarian cysts | N < 2 | 7 (4.4%) | ||
N > =2 | 153 (95.6%) |