Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Clinical study carried out in a university hospital in Tekirdag, Turkey. PATIENTS: Eighty-five women with PCOS and normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and twenty-five women with PCOS and abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT), diagnosed according to Rotterdam criteria, and fifty-nine healthy women. MEASUREMENTS: YKL-40 levels, fasting hormone levels and metabolic parameters were investigated in all subjects. RESULTS: We showed increased YKL-40 levels in women with PCOS compared to controls. (152·57 ± 3·96 μg/l vs 98·16 ± 1·6 μg/l, P < 0·000). YKL significantly correlated with BMI (r = 0·344; P < 0·000), 2-h glucose (r = 0·193; P = 0·012), HOMA-IR (r = 0·268; P < 0·000) and fasting insulin (r = 0·310; P < 0·000), but not with waist/hip ratio (r = 0·016; P = 0·832) and fasting glucose (r = 0·108; P = 0·832). When ROC curve analysis was used to analyse the suitability of YKL-40 to identify glucose intolerance in women with PCOS, area under curve for YKL-40 was found to be significant (AGT-PCOS: AUC 0·632, P = 0·046). CONCLUSION: Plasma YKL-40 levels increased in patients with PCOS compared to healthy subjects. Moreover, there was a significant difference in YKL-40 levels between AGT-PCOS and NGT-PCOS subjects. Subsequently, we also found that YKL-40 levels above the cut-off point may help the clinician to predict abnormal glucose tolerance in patients with PCOS.
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Authors | Cem Celik, Remzi Abali, Savas Guzel, Ercan Bastu, Volkan Kucukyalcin, Murat Yilmaz |
Journal | Clinical endocrinology
(Clin Endocrinol (Oxf))
Vol. 77
Issue 6
Pg. 893-7
(Dec 2012)
ISSN: 1365-2265 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22583189
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Chemical References |
- Adipokines
- CHI3L1 protein, human
- Chitinase-3-Like Protein 1
- Insulin
- Lectins
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Topics |
- Adipokines
(blood)
- Adult
- Body Mass Index
- Chitinase-3-Like Protein 1
- Female
- Glucose Intolerance
(blood, etiology)
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Lectins
(blood)
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
(blood, complications)
- Prospective Studies
- ROC Curve
- Waist-Hip Ratio
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