TNF and polycystic ovary syndrome: As shown in Table 1, there was a significant increase in the mean values of TNF‐α and IL6 in PCOS‐IR rats than that in the control rats (133.84 ± 31.5 and 127.21 ± 5.63 vs. 32.03 ± 3.63 and 31.23 ± 3.52; p < 0.05 respectively).