. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 20.

Published in final edited form as: Women Health. 2008;48(4):429–444. doi: 10.1080/03630240802575179

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Groups and Number of Cycles each Participant Contributed to the Study.

Variable	Lesbian	Heterosexual	Abstinent	F (2,177)	P
Age, Mean(S.D.)	28.0^A (6.93)	26.1 ^A (5.83)	24.2 (4.53)	5.04	.007
% body fat Mean(S.D.)	31.2 (8.55)	28.0 (7.32)	29.8 (6.53)	2.78	.06
BMI Mean(S.D.)	26.3^HA (6.38)	23.7 (3.95)	24.3 (3.20)	4.48	.01
Cycle length Mean(S.D.)	29 (418)	29 (4.08)	28 (4.22)	.84	.43
No. contributed 1 cycle	10	17	14	NA	NA
No. contributed 2 cycles	6	16	13	NA	NA
No. contributed 3 cycles	5	12	6	NA	NA

A and H indicate that the superscripted group significantly differed from the abstinent or heterosexual, respectively, in post-hoc analyses.