Comparison of dietary micronutrient intake in PCOS patients with and without metabolic syndrome

Table 2 Comparison of basic PCOS, MetS and insulin resistance diagnostic criteria between the case and control groups

PCOS diagnostic component	PCOS with MetS n = 14	PCOS without MetS n = 28	P-value
Hirsutism score (FG-Score)	9.14 ± 3.65	5.53 ± 4.25	0.01*
Number of ovarian follicle	10.64 ± 4.03	12.25 ± 3.06	0.25*
Menstruation duration (day)	56.57 ± 31.4	52.53 ± 29.26	0.72*
TT (nmol/l)	3.42 ± 3.02	1.09 ± 0.61	< 0.001**
FAI	9.91 ± 9.57	3.85 ± 3.53	0.005**
SHBG (nmol/l)	37.67 ± 13.47	39.88 ± 19.60	0.70**
Metabolic syndrome components
FBS (mg/dl)	92.21 ± 8.45	91.46 ± 9.04	0.10**
HDL-C (mg/dl)	39.35 ± 9.73	49.6 ± 8.90	0.001**
TG (mg/dl)	192.21 ± 51.20	108.36 ± 44.88	< 0.001**
WC (cm)	95.92 ± 10.99	92.12 ± 11.14	0.30**
SBP (mmHg)	128.86 ± 25.74	110.68 ± 10.74	0.002**
DBP (mmHg)	82.57 ± 24.46	70.25 ± 11.12	0.01*
Insulin resistance indices
Fasting insulin (μU/ml)	22.71 ± 17.49	14.45 ± 8.0	0.04**
HOMA-IR	5.25 ± 3.68	3.28 ± 1.90	0.02 **
QUICKI	0.30 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.02	0.02**

PCOS Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, MetS Metabolic Syndrome, FG-Score Ferriman-Gallwey score, TT Total Testosterone, FAI Free Androgen Index, SHBG Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, FBS Fasting Blood Sugar, HDL-C High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, WC Waist Circumference, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, HOMA-IR Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance, QUICKI Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index
Data are presented as mean ± SD. *P-values refer to Mann-Whitney test. **P-values refer to t-Test. P < 0.05 was considered significant

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