Table 3.

Correlation between clinical and biochemical markers with the four selected miRNA within the PCOS women. The individual time points (BL or FU) are kept separate. Spearman rho is displayed, as well as the number of women included. P_adj (two-tailed, partial correlations): correlations between the selected variable controlling for age and BMI at the respective time points. N: number of PCOS women included in the analysis.

Time Point	Clinical/Biochemical Marker	MiRNA	N	Spearman Rho (ρ)	p	padj.
BL	Total T	miR-139-5p	34	0.50	0.002	0.013
		miR-28-3p	31	0.37	0.043	0.090
	Free T	miR-139-5p	34	0.47	0.005	0.051
FU	Waist-hip ratio	miR-376a-3p	23	0.43	0.042	0.010
	Total T	miR-28-3p	35	0.40	0.016	0.031