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Table 3.

Serum lipoprotein ratios, AUC, cut-off points and sensitivity and specificity calculated from ROC curves for the detection of PCOS with IR


Serum lipoprotein ratios	AUC± SE	95% CI	Cut-off point	Infertile PCOS patients		P value
Serum lipoprotein ratios	AUC± SE	95% CI	Cut-off point	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	P value

TG/HDL	0.743 ± 0.062	0.622-0.864	3.19	63.6	84.4	0.001
TC/HDL	0.651 ± 0.069	0.515-0.786	4.37	69.7	65.6	0.037
LDL/HDL	0.638 ± 0.070	0.502-0.775	2.84	69.7	63.5	0.055

CI; Confidence interval, IR; Insulin resistance, AUC; Area under curve area, ROC; Receiver operating characteristic, PCOS; Polycystic ovarian syndrome, TC; Total cholesterol, TG; Triglyceride, HDL; High density lipoprotein and LDL; Low density lipoprotein.