Advanced glycation end-products and its soluble receptor are not independent predictors of incident dysglycaemia or metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a prospective observational study

Table 2 Correlation of serum AGEs and sRAGE with clinical-demographic parameters for women with PCOS

Parameter	AGEs		sRAGE
Parameter	Spearman’s r	P value	Spearman’s r	P value
Age of women (years)	0.019	0.729	-0.79	0.152
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.100	0.072	-0.435	< 0.001*
Waist circumference (cm)	0.089	0.108	-0.459	< 0.001*
Antral follicle count	0.082	0.143	0.051	0.360
Testosterone (nmol/L)	-0.055	0.320	0.093	0.093
SHBG (nmol/L)	-0.074	0.181	0.355	< 0.001*
Free androgen index	0.021	0.706	-0.194	< 0.001*
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	0.109	0.048*	-0.144	0.009*
2-Hour glucose (mmol/L)	0.041	0.464	-0.234	< 0.001*
HOMA-IR	-0.010	0.886	-0.290	< 0.001*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.003	0.962	-0.249	< 0.001*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	-0.044	0.427	-0.180	0.001*
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.139	0.011*	-0.026	0.640
HDL-C (mmol/L)	-0.136	0.013*	0.310	< 0.001*
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.183	0.001*	-0.076	0.171
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.111	0.044*	-0.238	< 0.001*

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