. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 16.

Published in final edited form as: Vasc Med. 2017 Jan 17;22(2):85–95. doi: 10.1177/1358863X16682107

Table 4.

Inflammatory and adipokine markers separated by group.

	Obese PCOS (n=36)	Obese controls (n=17)	p-value
Highly sensitive C-reactive protein, mg/dL	4.0 ± 3.4	2.4 ± 5.0	0.183
White blood cell count, 10³/mL	7.95 ± 1.50	6.87 ± 2.84	0.156
Platelets, 10³/mL	280 ± 38	253 ± 48	0.033
Leptin, ng/mL	36 ± 15	37 ± 15	0.821
Adiponectin, ng/mL	5.5 ± 2.0	9.3 ± 3.3	0.001

Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

A p-value in bold font indicates a significant difference between groups.

PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome.