Pericardial Fat Relates to Disturbances of Glucose Metabolism in Women with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, but Not in Healthy Control Subjects
Table 3
Correlation analyses of pericardial fat (PERI) with lipid parameters, ectopic lipids, hormones, and anthropometric data in women with PCOS and healthy control subjects.
PERI
PCOS total
PCOS-NIH
PCOS-ROT
Controls
Rho
Rho
Rho
Rho
TG
0.156
0.318
0.195
0.339
0.054
0.837
−0.512
0.021
HDL
−0.343
0.024
−0.460
0.018
0.015
0.955
0.266
0.257
LDL
0.381
0.012
0.530
0.005
0.086
0.743
0.135
0.569
BMI
0.343
0.024
0.475
0.014
0.164
0.529
0.506
0.023
Waist
0.377
0.014
0.578
0.002
0.084
0.750
0.509
0.022
Liver fat
0.464
0.002
0.598
0.002
0.309
0.228
0.422
0.072
CRP
0.328
0.032
0.517
0.007
−0.006
0.981
−0.440
0.052
hsCRP
0.337
0.031
0.489
0.015
0.108
0.679
−0.407
0.075
Cortisol
−0.173
0.293
−0.326
0.112
0.205
0.483
−0.410
0.081
Prolactin
−0.117
0.462
−0.026
0.900
−0.356
0.176
0.577
0.010
Bioestradiol
−0.133
0.408
−0.337
0.100
0.108
0.692
0.228
0.395
Biotestosterone
0.073
0.645
−0.063
0.761
0.380
0.147
0.100
0.675
Progesterone
−0.091
0.570
−0.115
0.577
−0.064
0.820
0.081
0.734
TG: triglycerides; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI: body mass index; waist: waist circumference; hsCRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein; Bioestradiol: bioavailable estradiol; Biotestosterone: bioavailable testosterone.
