|
Patients
no./100
|
Mean ± SD
|
Patients
no./100
|
Mean ± SD
|
|
Age |
100 |
27.7 ± 6.25 |
100 |
29.2 ± 7.35 |
0.124 |
Type of menstrual disturbance* |
|
|
|
|
<0.0001 |
Primary amenorrhoea
|
4
|
|
0
|
|
|
Secondary amenorrhoea
|
90
|
|
16
|
|
|
Oligomenorrhoea
|
6
|
|
56
|
|
|
Eumenorrhoea
|
0
|
|
19
|
|
|
Not reported
|
0
|
|
9
|
|
|
Body mass index (kg/m2) * |
81 |
20.1 ± 2.9 |
81 |
31.1 ± 7.8 |
<0.0001 |
Body mass index category * |
|
|
|
|
<0.0001 |
Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2)
|
23
|
|
2
|
|
|
Healthy weight (18.5 – 24.9 kg/m2)
|
54
|
|
18
|
|
|
Overweight (25 – 29.9 kg/m2)
|
3
|
|
21
|
|
|
Obese (30 – 39.9 kg/m2)
|
1
|
|
24
|
|
|
Morbidly obese (≥ 40 kg/m2)
|
0
|
|
16
|
|
|
Not reported
|
19
|
|
19
|
|
|
Symptoms of hyperandrogenism* |
|
|
|
|
<0.0001 |
Yes
|
25
|
|
78
|
|
|
No
|
26
|
|
4
|
|
|
Not reported
|
49
|
|
18
|
|
|
Symptom type
|
|
|
|
|
0.116
|
Hirsutism
|
12
|
|
68
|
|
|
Acne
|
16
|
|
38
|
|
|
Hair thinning
|
3
|
|
13
|
|
|
Ultrasound features* |
|
|
|
|
|
Polycystic ovarian morphology*
|
|
|
|
|
<0.01
|
Yes
|
33
|
|
60
|
|
|
No
|
35
|
|
20
|
|
|
Not reported
|
32
|
|
20
|
|
|
Endometrial thickness (mm) *
|
60
|
3.75 ± 2.23
|
70
|
6.82 ± 3.32
|
<0.0001
|
Blood results |
|
|
|
|
|
LH (IU/L) *
|
88
|
3.46 ± 7.31
|
98
|
8.79 ± 4.98
|
<0.0001
|
FSH (IU/L)
|
88
|
4.60 ± 2.12
|
97
|
4.96 ± 1.58
|
0.200
|
LH : FSH ratio *
|
88
|
0.782 ± 1.16
|
97
|
1.81 ± 0.929
|
<0.0001
|
Estradiol (pmol/L) *
|
83
|
111 ± 73.3
|
72
|
260 ± 212
|
<0.0001
|
TSH (mU/L) *
|
71
|
1.41 ± 0.610
|
85
|
1.68 ± 0.915
|
0.0321
|
Free T4 (pmol/L) *
|
61
|
11.2 ± 1.36
|
80
|
13.0 ± 1.75
|
<0.0001
|
Prolactin (IU/mL) *
|
74
|
183 ± 133
|
70
|
261 ± 158
|
<0.01
|