Table 1.

Comparison of the Means of Variables Controlled for Age between 58 Premenopausal and 20 Postmenopausal Women

Variable	Mean ± SEM Premenopausal n = 58	Postmenopausaln = 20
Age, yr	32.9 ± 1.2	61.4 ± 2.4 ‡
Body weight, kg	63.5 ± 1.6	69.3 ± 3.3 *
Body mass index, kg/m2	24.1 ± 0.6	27.9 ± 1.0 ‡
Waist–to–hip ratio	0.77 ± 0.01	0.85 ± 0.01 ‡
Waist circumference, cm	75.3 ± 1.2	86.6 ± 2.8 ‡
Total adipose tissue, kg	22.3 ± 1.3	32.0 ± 2.4 ‡
Subcutaneous adipose tissue, kg	21.3 ± 1.3	29.1 ± 2.2 ‡
Visceral adipose tissue, kg	0.96 ± 0.09	2.81 ± 0.30 ‡
Cholesterol, mg/dl	175 ± 4	229 ± 11 ‡
Triglyceride, mg/dl	77.3 ± 6.4	116 ± 16 †
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	52.3 ± 1.6	59.8 ± 3.5 *
Cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol	3.50 ± 0.12	4.00 ± 0.23 *
Glucose, mg/dl	81.7 ± 1.1	89.9 ± 2.8 †
Insulin, µU/ml	8.8 ± 0.6	9.6 ± 0.9
Estradiol, pg/ml		25.3 ± 2.7
Estrone, pg/ml		28.0 ± 2.2
Testosterone, ng/ml	0.32 ± 0.02	0.23 ± 0.03 ‡
Free testosterone, pg/ml	1.00 ± 0.08	0.70 ± 0.15*
Calculated free testosterone, pg/ml	2.83 ± 0.20	2.58 ± 0.58
DHEAS, µg/dl	176 ± 13	73 ± 6 ‡
Sex–hormone binding globulin, nmol/L	146 ± 10	126 ± 14

^*P ≤ .05

^†P ≤ .01

^‡P ≤ .001

Abbreviations: SEM, standard error of the mean; HDL- cholesterol, high–density lipoprotein-cholesterol; DHEAS, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate.