Table 4.

Correlation between ghrelin levels and clinical and metabolic profile of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (POCS) and healthy controls

Correlation of ghrelin levels and	PCOS (n = 130)		Control (n = 122)
	r	p	r	p
Age	0.108	0.2213	0.118	0.1955
Body mass index (BMI)	−0.292	0.0007**	− 0.196	0.0305*
Weight/height ratio	−0.209	0.0170*	0.114	0.2112
Cholesterol	−0.215	0.0140*	0.048	0.5996
Triglyceride	−0.199	0.0232*	0.019	0.8354
HDL-C	0.207	0.0181*	0.021	0.8184
LDL-C	−0.229	0.0088*	0.071	0.4371
Glucose	0.129	0.1435	0.109	0.2320
Insulin	−0.347	0.0001**	− 0.251	0.0053*
Leptin	−0.251	0.0040*	−0.248	0.0059*
HOMA-IR (insulin resistance)	−0.279	0.001**	− 0.637	< 0.0001**
HOMA-S (insulin secretion)	− 0.293	0.001**	− 0.257	0.004**

HOMA Homeostatic model assessment

*Significant (p < 0.05)

**Highly significant (p < 0.001)