Assessment of factors related to poly cystic ovarian syndrome – A comparative and correlational study

Figures & data

Table 1. Comparison between the socio-demographic status of PCOS and healthy controls.

Variables		N (%)	Non-PCOS	PCOS	p-value
Age			27.07(6.8)	26.3(4.5)	.926
BMI			22.7(4.01)	26.36(4.13)	.001
Marital status	Single	141(68.8)	92	49	.105
	Married	64(31.2)	49	15

Table 2. Comparison between the menstrual characteristics status and mental health issues of PCOS and healthy controls.

Variables		N (%)	Non-PCOS (%)	PCOS (%)	p-value
Age of Menarche			13.11(1.3)	13.06(2.3)	.043
Typical Cycle Length	<21 d	3(1.5)	3(2.1)	0(0.0)	.000
	<35 d	51(24.9)	31(22)	20(31.3)
	>35 d	16(7.8)	2(1.4)	14(21.9)
	28–30 d	135(65.9)	105(74.5)	30(46.9)
Typical Bleeding Length	>7 d	2(1.0)	2(1.4)	0(0.0)	.205
	1–3 d	79(38.5)	59(41.8)	20(31.3)
	2–7 d	28(13.7)	16(11.3)	12(18.8)
	2–5 d	96(46.8)	64(45.4)	32(50.0)
Typical Menstrual Flow	Heavy	9(4.4)	5(3.5)	4(6.3)	.143
	Mild	20(9.8)	12(8.5)	8(12.5)
	Moderate	114(55.6)	86(61.0)	28(43.8)
	Moderately Heavy	62(30.2)	38(27.0)	24(37.5)
Mental Health Issues during periods	Anxiety	27	22(81.5)	5(18.5)	.032
	Depression	17	14(82.4)	3(17.6)
	Sleep Disturbances	16	11(68.8)	5(31.3)
	Nil	26	18(69.2)	8(30.8)

Table 3. Univariate analyses are used to show the connection between PCOS and the control group based on lifestyle characteristics using the Chi-square test.

Variables		N (%)	Non-PCOS	PCOS	p-value
Food Consumption	Vegetarian	66(32.2)	24(37.5)	42(29.8)	.273
	Non-vegetarian	139(67.8)	40(62.5)	99(70.2)	.273
Weekly fast-food consumption	1–2 times	131(63.9)	42(65.6)	89(63.1)	.953
	3–4 times	28(13.7)	9(14.1)	19(13.5)
	5–6 times	5(2.4)	1(1.6)	4(2.8)
	>7 times	9(4.4)	2(3.1)	7(5.0)
	NA	32(15.6)	10(15.6)	22(15.6)
Monthly Exercise Habit	Every day	29(14.1)	11(17.2)	18(12.8)	.757
	Every Other day	34(16.6)	10(15.6)	24(17.0)
	Less often	111(54.1)	34(53.1)	77(54.6)
	Never	4(2.0)	0(0.0)	4(2.8)
	Once per week	13(6.3)	4(6.3)	9(6.4)
	Several times per month	14(6.8)	5(7.8)	9(6.4)

Table 4. The calculated odds ratio for marital status and food intake type.

Variable	Value	95% confidence interval
		Lower	Upper
Odds Ratio for marital status (Married/Single)	1.740	0.887	3.415
Odds Ratio for Type of food consumption (Non-vegetarian/Vegetarian)	1.414	0.760	2.633

Table 5. Factors associated with PCOS using hierarchical multivariate logistic regression (n = 205).

Characteristics	Step 1		Step 2
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age	NS		NS
BMI	1.156(1.067–1.242)	.000	1.160(1.072–1.244)	.000
Marital status	NS		NS
Age of Menarche	NS		NS
Typical Cycle Length	2.278(1.079–4.809)	.003	2.225(1.066–4.641)	.033
Typical Bleeding Length	NS		NS
Typical Menstrual Flow	NS		NS
Mental Health Issues	0.452(0.125–1.631)	.659	NS
Food consumption (Veg/Non veg)	NS		NS
Monthly Exercise Habits	NS		NS
AIC value	303.004		310.406

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, Ramasamy Tamizhselvi. The data are not publicly available due to restrictions since they contain information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.