Table 1.

Comparison of anthropometric measurements and metabolic profile of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (POCS) and normal healthy females

	Groupa	Mean	SD	p
Age (years)	PCOS	25.61	0.39	0.135
	Control	24.67	0.50
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2)	PCOS	28.66	0.58	0.339
	Control	27.77	0.73
Weight/height ratio	PCOS	0.84	0.008	< 0.0001
	Control	0.76	0.007
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	PCOS	4.32	0.07	< 0.0001
	Control	3.64	0.05
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	PCOS	1.08	0.03	< 0.0001
	Control	0.86	0.03
HDL-C (mmol/L)	PCOS	1.08	0.02	< 0.0001
	Control	1.27	0.03
LDL-C (mmol/L)	PCOS	2.44	0.05	< 0.0001
	Control	1.71	0.05
Leptin (ng/ml)	PCOS	25.56	1. 37	0.833
	Control	26.05	1.84
Ghrelin (ng/ml)	PCOS	0.42	0.013	0.200
	Control	0.45	0.015
Insulin (pmol/L)	PCOS	97.98	5.20	< 0.0001
	Control	73. 37	3.48
Glucose (mmol/L)	PCOS	5.05	0.045	< 0.0001
	Control	4.71	0.045
HOMA-IR (insulin resistance)	PCOS	3.23	0.18	< 0.0001
	Control	2.28	0.11
HOMA-S (insulin sensitivity)	PCOS	180.66	10.07	0.770
	Control	184.70	9.32

Group^a = PCOS- 130; Control- 122

SEM Standard error of the mean; p = < 0.05 is statistically significant

HOMA Homeostatic model assessment