Table VI.

Comparison of TC, TG, LDL and HDL of the three groups of obese patients with PCOS before and after treatment (mmol/l, mean ± SD).

Groups/time	Cases	TC	TG	LDL	HDL
Acupuncture
Before treatment	21	4.67±0.59	2.02±0.85	2.96±0.51	1.27±0.42
After treatment	19	4.11±0.52	1.52±0.49	2.89±0.49	1.54±0.33
Catgut embedding
Before treatment	21	4.48±0.64	2.19±0.93	3.11±0.57	1.18±0.36
After treatment	20	4.41±0.58a	1.74±0.58a	3.02±0.47	1.23±0.31a
Chinese medicine
Before treatment	20	4.65±0.77	2.22±0.79	3.08±0.55	1.15±0.41
After treatment	18	4.51±0.63a	1.83±0.49a	2.94±0.51	1.27±0.30a

Comparing with the before treatment, P<0.05; comparing with acupuncture-drug group

^aP<0.05. TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome.