Pericardial Fat Relates to Disturbances of Glucose Metabolism in Women with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, but Not in Healthy Control Subjects
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the study population.
PCOS total ()
PCOS-NIH ()
PCOS-ROT ()
Controls ()
value
Age (years)
25 (21–30)
25 (21–28)
24 (22–32)
23 (23–25)
0.475
BMI (kg/m2)
24 (22–30)
25 (23–30)
23 (21–30)
21 (20–24)
0.005
Waist (cm)
84 (74–93)
88 (80–96)
75 (69–84)
78 (75–85)
0.003
RRsys (mmHg)
114 (105–120)
113 (107–121)
115 (104–122)
116 (111–126)
0.487
RRdia (mmHg)
72 (65–79)
72 (66–79)
70 (63–78)
73 (63–76)
0.739
HF (beats per minute)
73 (64–80)
74 (66–85)
72 (64–80)
74 (63–77)
0.698
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
177 (153–201)
178 (153–203)
175 (162–198)
170 (158–180)
0.435
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)
58 (46–67)
57 (44–65)
60 (47–73)
68 (60–78)
0.019
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)
100 (74–125)
99 (73–128)
102 (76–121)
81 (70–87)
0.074
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
75 (60–87)
72 (59–84)
84 (63–88)
99 (78–110)
0.030
Matsuda index
5.5 (3.4–8.8)
5.1 (3.6-7.1)
6.2 (3.0–11.0)
8.9 (5.5–13.3)
0.004
HOMA-IR
1.6 (1.0–2.4)
1.6 (1.1-2.4)
1.7 (0.8–2.4)
0.9 (0.5–1.7)
0.024
Insulinogenic index
1.1 (0.6–2.0)
1.1 (0.6–2.2)
1.1 (0.7–1.6)
0.9 (0.6–1.3)
0.582
Disposition index (IGIISI)
5.4 (3.2–9.0)
5.3 (3.2–9.8)
5.7 (2.9–8.8)
6.4 (4.7–11.5)
0.278
OGIS
494 (446–542)
481 (449–542)
503 (417–544)
537 (499–549)
0.179
MYCL (%)
0.48 (0.27–1.07)
0.49 (0.28–1.36)
0.47 (0.22–0.87)
0.50 (0.23–0.75)
0.801
PERI (cm2)
11.22 (7.91–16.61)
11.65 (7.60–17.34)
10.67 (8.05–16.20)
8.52 (7.07–12.04)
0.231
PCOS total: sum of PCOS-NIH and PCOS-ROT; PCOS-NIH: women with PCOS defined according to the criteria of the National Institute of Health; PCOS-ROT: women with PCOS defined according to the Rotterdam criteria; BMI: body mass index: waist: waist circumference; RRsys: systolic blood pressure; RRdia: diastolic blood pressure; HF: heart frequency; HDL-cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-cholesterol: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MYCL: intramyocardial fat; PERI: pericardial fat. Versus controls: ; PCOS-NIH versus PCOS-ROT: .
