Research Article
Are Psychosocial Consequences of Obesity and Hyperandrogenism Present in Adolescent Girls with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?
Table 1
Clinical and hormonal characteristics of adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and control group of healthy girls.
| | Girls with PCOS () | Control group () | |
| | Chronological age (years) | 16.8 (15.8–17.3) | 16.6 (15.0–17.0) | NS | | Gynaecological age (months) | 47.6 ± 19.7 | 48.8 ± 18.9 | NS | | Cycle duration (days) | 57.5 (30.0–105.0) | 28.0 (27.0–34.0) | <0.001 | | BMI z-score | 1.4 ± 1.1 | 1.0 ± 1.3 | NS | | Ferriman-Gallwey score | 19.0 (5.0–12.0) | 2.0 (0.0–6.0) | <0.001 | | Mean volume of the ovaries (ml) | 6.0 (4.8–8.0) | 5.4 (3.8–7.6) | NS | | LH (mIU/ml) | 6.8 (3.3–10.5) | 4.7 (3.1–6.7) | 0.04 | | Testosterone (ng/dl) | 57.5 (41.9–74.6) | 45.4 (35.9–55.3) | 0.005 | | Androstenedione (ng/ml) | 4.3 ± 1.7 | 3.1 ± 1.4 | 0.002 | | DHEAS (μg/dl) | 287.7 ± 116.3 | 276.0 ± 90.8 | NS | | 17OH progesterone (ng/ml) | 1.6 (1.2–2.5) | 1.6 (1.1–2.1) | NS |
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Note: values are mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range).
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