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Published in final edited form as: J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 9;112(1-3):32–39. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.08.002

Table 4.

Urinary estrogen metabolite levels of the groups

Variables	high fat & low fiber group (n = 22)	low fat & high fiber group (n = 22)	p values
E1 (nmol/24h)	22.70 ± 7.49	20.64 ± 8.11	0.266^*
E2 (nmol/24h)	13.78 ± 6.87	10.85 ± 5.06	0.123^*
E3 (nmol/24h)	26.74 ± 11.48	19.42 ± 10.38	0.025^*
E3-3G (nmol/24h)	41.50 ± 17.98	27.34 ± 14.00	0.002^*
2-OHE1(nmol/24h)	47.54 ± 19.45	37.16 ± 19.13	0.161
4-OHE1 (nmol/24h)	8.15 ± 2.02	8.75 ± 3.12	0.861^*
2-OHE2 (nmol/24h)	12.61 ± 4.99	7.44 ± 3.93	0.004
16α-OHE1 (nmol/24h)	8.61 ± 4.47	5.58 ± 3.64	0.055
2-OHE1/4-OHE1 (nmol/24h)	5.87 ± 2.37	4.17 ± 1.78	0.045^*
2-OHE1/16α-OHE1 (nmol/24h)	8.36 ± 8.68	10.16 ± 7.63	0.709^*
2-OHE1/E1 (nmol/24h)	2.08 ± 1.12	1.69 ± 0.57	0.478^*
4-OHE1/E1 (nmol/24h)	0.36 ± 0.17	0.45 ± 0.20	0.202^*
16α-OHE1/E1 (nmol/24h)	0.37 ± 0.22	0.30 ± 0.24	0.295^*
E3/16α-OHE (nmol/24h)1	4.78 ± 4.53	5.09 ± 3.17	0.663^*
2-OHE (2-OHE1+ 2-OHE2; nmol/24h)	60.16 ± 23.63	44.60 ± 22.00	0.078
16α-OHE (16α-OHE1+E3; nmol/24h)	38.09 ± 13.34	27.07 ± 12.76	0.032
2-OHE/16-OHE (nmol/24h)	1.74 ± 0.85	2.14 ± 1.45	0.993^*
2-MeO-E1 (nmol/24h)	7.90 ± 2.91	7.26 ± 3.25	0.590
15α-OHE1 (nmol/24h)	0.86 ± 0.59	0.70 ± 0.39	0.386
16β-OHE1 (nmol/24h)	3.02 ± 1.43	1.98 ± 1.90	0.023^*
16-ketoE2 (nmol/24h)	5.76 ± 2.43	3.96 ± 2.58	0.067
16-epiE3 (nmol/24h)	6.40 ± 3.62	3.89 ± 2.18	0.033^*
17-epiE3 (nmol/24h)	2.27 ± 1.53	1.48 ± 0.81	0.123^*
Total urinary estrogens (nmol/24h)	174 ± 47	132 ± 38	0.013

Means ± SD.

Significant p ≤ 0.050.

p values obtained using log variables values.

Independent sample t-test.

E1 = estrone; E2 = estradiol; E3 = estriol; Total estrogens = E1+ E2 +E3; E3-3G = estriol-3-glucuronide; OHE1 = hydroxyestrone; OHE2 = hydroxyestradiol: OHE = hydroxylated estrogens, all urinary estrogens = total estrogens + all estrogens metabolites (except E3-3G).