Research Article

The Use of SenseWear Armband for Assessment of Daily Energy Expenditure and the Relation to Body Fat Distribution and Nutritional Intake in Lean Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Table 1

Evaluation of some anthropometric measurements of PCOS and the control group.

VariablesGroupsMean ± SDMin-maxMediana

Age (year)PCOS22.03 ± 4.2117–34210.720
Control21.71 ± 2.6718–3321

Height (cm)PCOS162.70 ± 7.10149–1831640.415
Control161.42 ± 5.13154–174161

Weight (kg)PCOS60.10 ± 10.4342.5–90.759.90.069
Control56.01 ± 6.6842.7–72.155.2

BMI (kg/m2)PCOS22.64 ± 3.6416.6–29.521.20.185
Control21.55 ± 2.7717–27.421

BMR (kcal)PCOS1345.85 ± 110.681112–155813250.103
Control1304.81 ± 85.031096–15081292

aStudent’s t-test.