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Table 1 Basic characteristics of pregnant women with and without PCOS in the initial cohort [mean ± SD or n (%)]

From: Early pregnancy metabolic factors associated with gestational diabetes mellitus in normal-weight women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a two-phase cohort study

 

PCOS (n = 242)

Non-PCOS (n = 324)

p-value*

Age, years, mean ± SD

30.32 ± 3.02

30.56 ± 3.44

0.3

Gravidity, mean ± SD

1.60 ± 0.93

1.81 ± 1.03

0.01

Parity, mean ± SD

1.05 ± 0.23

1.06 ± 0.25

0.7

History of EPL, n (%)

52 (21.49)

67 (20.68)

0.8

IVF–ET, n (%)

26 (10.74)

9 (2.78)

< 0.0001

PPBMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

24.37 ± 4.36

24.52 ± 5.00

0.4

Family history of DM, n (%)

50 (20.66)

51 (15.74)

0.1

Family history of hypertension, n (%)

68 (28.10)

77 (23.77)

0.2

  1. Italic values are statistically significant at p < 0.05
  2. Family history of DM and hypertension means related history of first degree relatives
  3. PCOS polycystic ovary syndrome, EPL early pregnancy loss, IVF–ET in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, PPBMI pre-pregnancy body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus
  4. * p-value was calculated by student t-test for numeric variables and by Chi square test for categorical variables