Table 2.

Metabolic analysis of the population studied.

	Control group (n = 112)	PCOS group (n = 104)	p-value
FBG (mmol/L)	5.27 ± 0.37	5.23 ± 0.42	0.464
FINS (µIU/ml)	15.13 (15.23)	16.22 (15.94)	0.209
HOMA-IR	3.46 (4.08)	3.78 (3.94)	0.245
LDL (mmol/L)	2.64 ± 0.67	2.85 ± 0.67	0.030*
TG (mmol/L)	1.16 ± 0.67	1.37 ± 0.73	0.026*
HDL (mmol/L)	1.36 ± 0.32	1.27 ± 0.35	0.051
LDL/HDL	2.05 ± 0.76	2.37 ± 0.74	0.004**
ApoAI (mmol/L)	1.34 ± 0.19	1.32 ± 0.23	0.573
ApoB (mmol/L)	0.82 ± 0.20	0.89 ± 0.19	0.011*
ApoB/ApoAI	0.63 ± 0.19	0.70 ± 0.19	0.011*
TC (mmol/L)	4.19 ± 0.70	4.40 ± 0.80	0.048*
TC/HDL	3.22 ± 0.87	3.64 ± 0.95	0.001**

FBG, free blood-glucose; FINS, fasting insulin; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; ApoAI, apolipoprotein AI; ApoB, apolipoprotein B; TC, total cholesterol; HOMA-IR = FBG ＊ FINS/22.5.

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01.