Table 5.

Correlations of mineral composition with parameters of glycemic markers and lipid metabolism, taking into account the presence of insulin resistance.

	Zn (µg/g)	Ni (µg/g)	Fe (µg/g)	Mn (µg/g)	Cu (µg/g)	Mg (µg/g)	Na (µg/g)	K (µg/g)
Insulin test 0 (mU/L)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = −0.270	p = 0.22	p = 0.050	p = −0.091	p = −0.197	p = −0.258	p = 0.148	p = −0.290
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = −0.003	p = 0.112	p = 0.193	p = −0.063	p = 0.108	p = −0.218	p = −0.177	p = 0.133
Insulin test after 2 h (mU/L)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = −0336	p = 0.010	p = −0.069	p = −0.027	p = −0.336	p = −0.190	p = 0.207	p = −0.006
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.044	p = 0.058	p = −0.005	p = −0.011	p = 0.278	p = −0.164	p = 0.279	p = 0.192
Glukose test 0 (mg/dL)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = −0.396	p = 0.245	p = 0.121	p = 0.171	p = −0.158	p = −0.165	p = 0.143	p = −0.407
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.304	p = −0.300	p = 0.275	p = 0.254	p = −0.062	p = 0.192	p = −0.018	p = 0.015
Glukose test after 2 h (mg/dL)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = −0.325	p = −0.026	p = −0.254	p = 0.058	p = −0.105	p = −0.200	p = 0.160	p = −0.003
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.127	p = −0.216	p = 0.058	p = 0.087	p = −0.055	p = −0.063	p = 0.092	p = −0.063
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = 0.150	p = −0.132	p = 0.113	p = 0.102	p = −0.043	p = 0.439	p = −0.233	p = −0.150
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.146	p = 0.360	p = −0.068	p = −0.094	p = 0.050	p = 0.094	p = −0.089	p = 0.017
LDL (mg/dL)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = −0.029	p = −0.074	p = 0.082	p = 0.234	p = −0.177	p = 0.250	p = −0.069	p = −0.210
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.034	p = 0.501	p = 0.113	p = 0.027	p = −0.080	p = 0.061	p = −0.122	p = −0.093
TG (mg/dL)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = −0.215	p = 0.213	p = −0.172	p = 0.010	p = 0.005	p = −0.139	p = 0.123	p = −0.337
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.079	p = 0.251	p = −0.065	p = 0.006	p = 0.146	p = 0.063	p = 0.084	p = 0.093
HDL (mg/dL)	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR	PCOS-NIR
	p = 0.611	p = −0.509	p = 0.259	p = −0.257	p = 0.207	p = 0.519	p = −0.559	p = 0.238
	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR	PCOS-IR
	p = 0.128	p = −0.017	p = −0.024	p = 0.023	p = −0.135	p = −0.077	p = 0.257	p = 0.125

PCOS-NIR—PCOS with no insulin resistance; PCOS-IR—PCOS with insulin resistance; bold—significant differences p < 0.05; LDL—low-density lipoprotein; TG—triglyceride; HDL—high-density lipoprotein.