Table 3. Serum levels of FSH, LH and LH/FSH ratios of the study participants.
|
Characteristics |
PCOS (n=60) n (%) |
Controls (n=40) n (%) |
P-value |
|
FSH levels (IU/L) Mean±SD |
3.514±1.272 |
3.846±1.081 |
0.1788 ns |
|
LH levels (IU/L) Mean±SD |
9.189±4.262 |
5.807±2.015 |
> 0.0001**** |
|
LH/FSH ratio Mean±SD |
2.529±0.457 |
1.543±0.439 |
> 0.0001**** |
|
LH/FSH < 2 |
52 (86.67) |
6 (15) |
|
|
LH/FSH ≥ 2 |
8 (13.33) |
34 (85) |
P-value ≥ 0.05 not significant (ns); P-value < 0.0001 significant ****