Review Article

Obesity Differentially Affects Phenotypes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Table 4

Frequency of pathophysiologic components of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

DisorderPCOS with obesity %PCOS without obesity %Total %

Gonadotropic dysfunction
LH/FSH ≥ 2
192522

Insulin resistance
Insulin/glucose (pmol/mmol)
63*31*47

All the determinations were performed in one sample in fasting conditions. *Statistically significant difference ( ). From Moran et al. [24].