Table 2.

 Biochemical markers of cardiovascular risk and RH forearm blood flow

	PCOS (n = 11)	Controls (n = 12)	p Value
Glucose (mmol/l)	4.7 (0.3)	5.1 (0.4)	0.02
ACR (mg/mmol)	2.0 (2.4)	2.1 (5.3)	0.93
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	5.6 (1.4)	4.7 (0.9)	0.11
Triglyceride (mmol/l)	1.8 (1.3)	1.0 (0.5)	0.09
HDL (mmol/l)	1.1 (0.4)	1.2 (0.2)	0.38
Apolipoprotein AI (g/l)	1.4 (0.3)	1.5 (0.2)	0.24
Apolipoprotein B-100 (g/l)	1.1 (0.4)	0.9 (0.3)	0.21
Lipoprotein a (g/l)	0.05 (0.08)	0.1 (0.11)	0.22
Fibrinogen (g/l)	3.1 (1.0)	3.3 (0.7)	0.55
Sialic acid (mg/l)	705 (149)	713 (112)	0.88
CRP (mg/l)	4.6 (4.2)	5.4 (5.5)	0.73
Homocysteine (μmol/l)	10.5 (3.3)	9.4 (2.0)	0.35
Basal forearm blood flow (ml/100 ml/min)	3.2 (6.6)	1.0 (0.6)	0.27
RH blood flow (ml/100 ml/min)	9.5 (21.7)	2.8 (1.8)	0.3
% Change in blood flow	158.7 (135.5)	200.1 (114.2)	0.44

ACR, albumin–creatinine ratio; CRP, C reactive protein; HDL, high density lipoprotein; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome; RH, reactive hyperaemia.