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Higher medians of serum testosterone (T) (2.10 vs. 1.90 nmol\/liter, P &amp;lt; 0.001), LH (5.40 vs. 4.85 U\/liter, P = 0.005), insulin (53.8 vs. 51.66 pmol\/liter, P = 0.040), and free androgen index (FAI) (4.01 vs. 3.03, P &amp;lt; 0.001) and lower glucose\/insulin ratio (91.1 \u00d7 108vs. 94.9 \u00d7 108, P = 0.048) and SHBG (52.4 vs. 60.7 nmol\/liter, P &amp;lt; 0.001) were observed among the cases, but no difference was observed in cortisol and glucose levels between the cases and controls. Of all the women in the cohort, 10.2% reported only oligomenorrhea and had biochemical findings similar to the whole case group. Those who reported only hirsutism (10.4%) were in between the case and control groups according to biochemical findings. The subjects who reported both oligomenorrhea and hirsutism (3.4%) had the highest T, LH, FAI, insulin, and glucose and the lowest SHBG and glucose\/insulin ratio, compared with the case group and the groups with either symptom only indicating a dose-response manner in typical endocrine profile of PCOS by adding up symptoms. The levels of T and FAI were higher and SHBG lower in groups with overweight or obesity both at 14 and 31 yr, compared with groups with normal weight at 14 yr and overweight or obesity at 31 yr. In the group with normal weight at 14 and 31 yr and the group with overweight or obesity at 14 yr but normal weight at 31 yr, the levels of T and FAI were lowest and SHBG highest. T and FAI were higher and SHBG lower among the cases than the controls in groups stratified by weight development from adolescence to adulthood. In conclusion, this longitudinal study of a large, stable population indicates that women with self-reported symptoms of hirsutism and\/or oligomenorrhea show endocrine characteristics of PCOS and can be detected in a general population using simple questions. 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