Simultaneous determination and association between serum levels of irisin and chemerin in PCOS.

Objective: To determine the serum levels of irisin, chemerin and insulin in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, and to compare their levels with respect to bodyweight and body mass index.

Methods: The case-control study was conducted at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, College of Medicine, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, from December 2020 to February 2022, and comprised healthy controls in group I who were matched for bodyweight and body mass index with polycystic ovary syndrome women in group II. Subjects and cases were inducted using purposive sampling technique Subgroups were also formed on the basis of normal body mass index, and overweight-obese status.