Table 3.

Comparison of adipokines and carbohydrate metabolism parameters between the PCOS groups according to the body mass index

Parameters	PCOS group with BMI < 25 (N = 28)		PCOS group with BMI ≥ 25 (N = 12)		p
	Median	IQT	Median	IQT
Leptin [ng/ml]	7.08	4.47; 9.99	20.20	10.90; 26.63	>0.001
Apelin [ng/ml ]	110.04	53.48; 237.48	103.67	58.16; 147.97	ns
Visfatin [ng/ml]	26.11	20.53; 32.38	21.33	14.43; 41.13	ns
Insulin [μIU/ml]	12.83	11.1; 16.58	20.22	15.66; 29.98	>0.001
Glucose [mg/dl]	87.15	78.25; 99.00	89.20	74.20; 94.00	ns
HOMA-IR	2.23	1.98; 3.05	3.84	3.00; 6.48	>0.001
IRI/Glucose	0.19	0.15; 0.21	0.28	0.22; 0.35	>0.01

BMI, body mass index; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance; IRI, immunoreactive insulin; IQT, interquartile range; ns, not significant; PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome