1. Participant characteristics, WeChat activity, physical activity and dietary assessment of women with PCOS and controls
We collected 289 questionnaires in total. Twenty-two invalid questionnaires and 9 questionnaires aged over 45 years old, a total of 258 women were included in this study, including 96 women with PCOS and 162 control women. Among them, 130 women followed our WeChat public account and 128 women did not.
As shown in Table 1, women with PCOS had a significant lower educational level (P = 0.048) and a higher chance of following our WeChat public account (P = 0.000). In terms of the length of being a follower and frequency of reading WeChat public account messages, women with PCOS were still significantly higher than control women (P = 0.000) (P = 0.000). However, no significant differences existed between the PCOS and control groups with regard to sedentary time each day, housework time each week, steps each day, aerobic exercise time and anaerobic exercise time each day, the habit of eating miscellaneous grains, vegetable oil, white meat, fruits, vegetable, sweets, soy products, and frequency of eating after dinner (P > 0.05).
2. Participant characteristics, physical activity and dietary assessment between followers and non-followers among women with PCOS
As shown in Table 2, among the women with PCOS, no significant differences existed between the followers and non-follower groups with regard to sedentary time each day, housework time each week, steps each day, aerobic exercise time and anaerobic exercise time each day, the habit of eating miscellaneous grains, vegetable oil, white meat, fruits, vegetable, sweets, soy products, and frequency of eating after dinner (P > 0.05).
3. Participant characteristics, physical activity and dietary assessment between women with PCOS and controls among followers
As shown in Table 3, among followers, women with PCOS had a significant younger age (P = 0.001). However, the control women had significant higher levels of steps and aerobic exercise each day (P = 0.009, 0.040). There were no significant differences between the PCOS and control groups among followers with regard to sedentary time each day, housework time each week, anaerobic exercise time each day, the habit of eating miscellaneous grains, vegetable oil, white meat, fruits, vegetable, sweets, soy products, and frequency of eating after dinner (P > 0.05).
4. Participant characteristics, physical activity and dietary assessment between women with PCOS and controls among non-followers
As shown in Table 4, among non-followers, the control women had a significant higher frequency of eating sweets (P = 0.001). There were no significant differences existed between the PCOS and control groups among non-followers with regard to age, educational level, sedentary time each day, housework time each week, steps each day, aerobic exercise time and anaerobic exercise time each day, the habit of eating miscellaneous grains, vegetable oil, white meat, fruits, vegetable, soy products, and frequency of eating after dinner (P > 0.05).