Clinical characteristics of healthy controls and PCOS patients in the second cohort (Control n = 49, PCOS n = 67).

Data represent the mean ± SEM; BMI: body mass index, LH: luteinizing hormone, FSH: follicle stimulating hormone, E2: estradiol, PRL: prolactin, P: progesterone, T: testosterone; ap<0.001 compared with the control group, p values are determined by Student’s t-test.