Relationship between heart rate recovery and inflammatory markers in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Anthropometrical, metabolic and cardiopulmonary profile of the PCOS population according to HRR.

Variables	Normal HRR (n = 154) (> 18 beats/min)	Abnormal HRR (n = 89) (≤18 beats/min)	P value
Age (years)	20.7 ± 2.3	23.9 ± 1.9	< 0.001
BMI (Kg/m2)	27.3 ± 2.9	31.3 ± 3.1	< 0.001
WHR	0.84 ± 0.2	0.87 ± 0.1	< 0.001
TC (mg/dl)	153.3 ± 18.1	155.8 ± 16.6	0.442
HDL-C (mg/dl)	44.2 ± 7.3	40.9 ± 10.5	< 0.001
LDL-C (mg/dl)	89.5 ± 8.3	90.4 ± 7.6	0.593
TG (mg/dl)	114.6 ± 20.3	122 ± 22.4	< 0.001
Fasting glucose	93.0 ± 6.8	98.3 ± 7.1	< 0.001
Fasting insulin	20.1 ± 3.3	24.2 ± 3.7	< 0.001
AUC _GLU	11950 ± 2122	12033 ± 2154	0.335
AUC _INS	16520 ± 950	17480 ± 970	< 0.001
AUC _GLU/INS	0.77 ± 0.2	0.73 ± 0.3	< 0.001
WBCs count (× 10 ⁹ cells/l)	6.6 ± 1.5	7.3 ± 1.8	< 0.001
CRP (mg/dl)	0.11 (0.09–0.25)	0.21 (0.11–0.69)	< 0.001
logCRP (mg/dl)	1.1 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.7	< 0.001
HR _REST (beats/min)	67.2 ± 2.5	72.1 ± 3.9	< 0.001
VO _2peak (ml/Kg/min)	26.1 ± 3.3	22.5 ± 2.8	< 0.001

Abbreviations: AUC_GLU, area under the curve for glucose; AUC_INS, area under the curve for insulin; BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HRR, heart rate recovery; HR_REST, resting heart rate; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; VO_2max, maximal oxygen consumption; WBCs, white blood cells; WHR, waist to hip ratio.

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