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Presence of climacteric symptoms, hirsutism, and menopausal age were recorded.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>PCOS women had higher free androgen index (P = 0.001) but lower FSH (P &amp;lt; 0.001) and SHBG (P &amp;lt; 0.01) than controls. Menopausal age, body weight, body mass index, waist to hip ratio, LH, prolactin, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, total testosterone, estradiol, and estrone were similar in PCOS and controls. Women with PCOS reported hirsutism more frequently (P &amp;lt; 0.001) but had fewer climacteric symptoms (P &amp;lt; 0.05) and hypothyroidism than controls (P &amp;lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>PCOS women differ from controls with regard to levels of certain reproductive hormones also after menopause, but the established premenopausal increase in waist to hip ratio in PCOS patients disappeared after menopause, mainly due to weight gain among controls. A novel finding was the lower prevalence of hypothyroidism in PCOS women.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2010-2959","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,4,21]],"date-time":"2011-04-21T00:14:40Z","timestamp":1303344880000},"page":"2178-2185","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":93,"title":["Reproductive Hormone Levels and Anthropometry in Postmenopausal Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): A 21-Year Follow-Up Study of Women Diagnosed with PCOS around 50 Years Ago and Their Age-Matched Controls"],"prefix":"10.1210","volume":"96","author":[{"given":"Johanna","family":"Schmidt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.S., M.B., E.D.), Section for Endocrinology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-41345 G\u00f6teborg, 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