Elevated plasma pentraxin-3 in polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with hyperandrogenism: a case-control study

Table 3 Stepwise multiple regression analyses between plasma PTX3 and variables associated PTX3 in linear regression analysis

Variable	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	P value	(95 %CI) for B
Variable	B	Std. Error	Beta	P value	(95 %CI) for B
Constant	0.959	0.146		<0.001	(0.671~1.247)
Day 3 TT	0.639	0.074	0.416	<0.001	(0.493~0.785)
Existence of PCOS	0.502	0.139	0.288	0.001	(0.228~0.776)
Overweight/obese or not	0.137	0.074	0.082	0.065	(-0.009~0.283)
Day 3 E₂	0.002	0.001	0.108	0.030	(0.000~0.003)
AFC	-0.014	0.007	-0.159	0.036	(-0.027~-0.001)
Adjusted R²	0.322
P value of the model	<0.001
Std error of the estimate	0.677

These factors were adjutsted in the multivariate regression analysis: BMI, Day 3 LH/FSH, cycle length and uric acid

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