Table 3 IR and BMI-based comparison of PCOS patients and controls

Control-IR^L -Lean

29.6 ± 4.4

20.9 ± 3.3

5.3 ± 0.5

7.7 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.1

29.8 ± 3.4

t values

0.397

7.534

2.580

7.961

4.962

0.156

P values

0.695

< 0.001^a

0.02^a

< 0.001^a

< 0.001^a

0.877

PCOS-IR^H -Obese

29.3 ± 3.0

31.4 ± 3.1

6.7 ± 1.5

29.3 ± 10.5

9.2 ± 5.2

30.4 ± 3.6

t values

−1.093

4.315

2.661

6.001

4.646

1.154

P values

0.293

0.001^a

0.02^a

< 0.001^a

0.001^a

0.268

PCOS-IR^L -Lean

31 ± 2.6

24.8 ± 2.0

5.3 ± 0.4

9.0 ± 2.6

1.9 ± 0.5

25.1 ± 2.7