Table II.

Plasma glucose, serum lipids and plasma homocysteine levels in both of PCOS and control groups

Variables	PCOS	Control	p-value *
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)	95.22 ± 7.87	89.21 ± 5.78	NS
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	174.87 ± 7.62	176.21 ± 8.90	NS
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	134.87 ± 15.09	101.56 ± 12.32	<0.01
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	43.24 ± 10.89	57.56 ± 11.04	<0.01
LDL- cholesterol (mg/dl)	105.32 ± 24.55	99.22 ± 24.87	NS
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	11.5 ± 5.41	8.10 ± 1.89	<0.002

^*Using unpaired t test