Table 2 Expansion of cumulus cells of rat cumulus oocyte complexes in control, sham, and PCOS groups in the absence or presence of metformin
Groups | Without metformin | With metformin | Â | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Sham | PCOS | Total | Control | Sham | PCOS | Total | Total | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Expansion | 25 (40.32) | 25 (40.98) | 22 (32.83) | 72 (37.98) | 34 (53.96) | 35 (57.37) | 35 (53.03)a) | 104 (54.73)a) | 176 (46.31) |
Semi expansion | 16 (25.80) | 17(27.86) | 17 (25.37) | 50 (26.31) | 22 (34.92) | 23 (37.70) | 20 (30.30) | 65 (34.21)a) | 115 (30.26) |
No expansion | 19 (30.65) | 15 (24.59) | 23 (34.32) | 57 (30.00) | 7 (11.11) | 2 (3.27) | 10 (15.15)a) | 19 (10.00)a) | 76 (20.00) |
Degeneration | 2 (3.23) | 4 (6.55) | 5 (7.46) | 11 (5.78) | 0 (00.00) | 1 (1.63) | 1 (1.51)a) | 2 (1.05)a) | 13 (3.43) |
Total | 62 | 61 | 67 | 190 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 190 | 380 |