Table 2.

Selected adipokines and parameters of carbohydrate metabolism between the PCOS group and control group.

Parameters	PCOS group (N = 40)		Control group (N = 37)		p
	Median	IQT	Median	IQT
Leptin [ng/ml]	9.00	5.06; 13.60	5.59	2.98; 10.75	>0.05
Apelin [ng/ml]	107.44	56.94; 179.53	608.77	109.20; 1071.03	>0.001
Visfatin [ng/ml]	24.58	18.82; 34.78	19.8	16.63; 28.34	ns
Insulin [μIU/ml]	14.37	12.08; 18.27	11.28	8.53; 14, 34	>0.001
Glucose [mg/dl]	77.80 ±  16.00	52.70–108.00	73.30 ±  14.40	44.40–101.20	ns
HOMA-IR	2.69	2.10; 3.75	1.93	1.44; 2.68	>0.001
IRI/Glucose	0.19	0.16; 0.25	0.16	0.12; 0.20	>0.01

HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance; IRI, immunoreactive insulin; IQR, interquartile range; ns, not significant; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome