Table 2.

Reproductive hormones, glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and biochemical indicators of study cohorts.

Parameter	PCOS-control (n = 35)	PCOS-infertile (n = 45)	p-value
Reproductive hormones
FSH	5.800 (1.367)	5.051 (1.655)	0.060
LH	5.402 (3.149)	6.432 (3.917)	0.265
LH/FSH ratio	0.931 (0.487)	1.298 (0.597)	0.011
Testosterone	0.393 (0.150)	0.525 (0.143)	0.0004
PRL	15.44 (12.76)	14.98 (7.46)	0.848
Estradiol	30.09 (19.90)	35.22 (15.09)	0.241
Oral glucose tolerance test
0 h	5.159 (0.513)	5.418 (1.182)	0.254
1 h	8.529 (2.411)	9.456 (4.081)	0.291
2 h	6.989 (1.970)	8.128 (4.192)	0.176
3 h	5.549 (1.939)	5.957 (2.859)	0.533
Insulin assay
0 h	9.787 (5.744)	11.83 (5.857)	0.100
1 h	99.75 (64.33)	96.91 (57.33)	0.853
2 h	88.83 (70.05)	105.0 (80.96)	0.391
3 h,	42.58 (48.43)	53.90 (63.79)	0.452
HOMA-IR	2.229 (1.376)	2.944 (1.719)	0.061
Biochemical indicator
ALT	16.49 (11.39)	23.02 (28.98)	0.337
BUN	4.330 (0.89)	4.017 (1.15)	0.347
Cr	56.15 (10.96)	62.86 (7.28)	0.018
TC	4.875 (0.645)	4.939 (0.921)	0.781
TG	1.449 (1.013)	1.377 (0.633)	0.764
HDL-C	1.262 (0.311)	1.220 (0.235)	0.602
LDL-C	2.662 (0.356)	2.778 (0.670)	0.457

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation). Bold p-values indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05).