Table 4. Correlation analysis representing the amount of association of clinical and metabolic parameters with hepatic (HCL) and intramyocellular (IMCL) lipid content in females with PCOS.

	HCL		IMCL-Tibialis		IMCL-Soleus
	rho	p-value	rho	p-value	rho	p-value
Body-Mass Index	0.63	<0.001	0.24	N.S.	0.28	0.047
Waist-Circumference	0.59	<0.001	0.34	0.016	0.39	0.005
Triglycerides	0.38	0.008	0.25	N.S.	0.35	0.012
LDL-Cholesterol	0.42	0.003	0.17	N.S.	0.31	0.028
HDL-Cholesterol	-0.55	<0.001	-0.40	0.004	-0.29	0.037
AUC-Glucose	0.53	<0.001	0.21	N.S.	0.12	N.S.
AUC-Insulin	0.37	0.010	0.21	N.S.	0.12	N.S.
ISI-Composite	-0.55	<0.001	-0.37	0.007	-0.20	N.S.
HOMA-IR	0.48	<0.001	0.35	0.014	0.24	N.S.
Total Insulin Secretion	0.23	N.S.	0.12	N.S.	0.07	N.S.
Total Insulin Extraction	-0.36	0.012	-0.22	N.S.	-0.17	N.S.
Fatty-Liver Index	0.52	<0.001	0.18	N.S.	0.31	0.034
Free-Androgen Index	0.42	0.003	0.24	N.S.	0.07	N.S.
Sex-Hormone Binding Globuline	-0.43	0.002	-0.31	0.031	-0.20	N.S.
Ferriman-Gallway Score	-0.01	N.S.	0.15	N.S.	0.09	N.S.
Total-Testosterone	0.20	N.S.	0.12	N.S.	-0.10	N.S.
Androstendione	0.25	N.S.	0.07	N.S.	0.06	N.S.
Dehydroepiandrostendione	0.08	N.S.	0.20	N.S.	-0.03	N.S.