Research Article
Il-6 Serum Levels and Production Is Related to an Altered Immune Response in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Girls with Insulin Resistance
Table 1
Anthropometric and metabolic characteristics of the study population (mean ± SD).
| | Controls | PCOS | IR | NIR |
| | N | 55 | 44 | 19 | 25 | | Age (yr) | 18.1 ± 3.1 | 19.1 ± 3.8 | 19.2 ± 3.8 | 19.1 ± 3.9 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 24.8 ± 4.7* | 25.1 ± 5.9 | 27.1 ± 7.2 | 23.2 ± 4.7 | | Oligomenorrhea % | 0 | 90% (40 subjects) | | | | Amenorrhea % | 0 | 3% (4 subjects) | | | | Waist (cm) (M ± ES) | 81.2 ± 12.0 | 82.7 ± 16.1 | 88.6 ± 16.9 | 76.8 ± 15.4 | | Hips (cm) (M ± ES) | 105.0 ± 10.0 | 102.6 ± 12.3 | 108.0 ± 12,9 | 97.3 ± 11.7 | | AUC-I 180 | 13,133 ± 7,115* | 23,599 ± 9,998 | 24,961 ± 11,133 | 22,238 ± 8,864 | | HOMA- 7,16 | 46.7± 13.3* | 65.2 ± 12.6 | 84.2 ± 14.3 | 46.8 ± 11.0 |
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P < .05 versus IR patients.
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