The Association of Serum Hepcidin Levels and Insulin Resistance in PCOS Patients: A Case-Control Study.

To investigate the relationship between insulin resistance and hepcidin levels in patients with PCOS. In this case-control study fifty- six patients with PCOS and forty - one healthy control subjects were included. Plasma levels of hepcidin, IL-6, Serum Insulin and ferritin using ELISA method, serum iron levels using a spectrophotometric method, and Insulin resistance by using HOMA were measured in the two groups of PCOS (case group) and healthy subjects (control group).