Table 4.

Adjusted Mean Lipids by Concurrent Follicle-stimulating Hormone Quartile, Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, 1995–2004

Lipid	Adjusted Mean (SE)				No. of Observations	No. of Women	P Value for Differences by Follicle-stimulating Hormone Quartile
	First Quartile (<13.2 mIU/mL)	Second Quartile (13.2–24.9 mIU/mL)	Third Quartile (25.0–62.2 mIU/mL)	Fourth Quartile (≥62.3 mIU/mL)
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	194.8 (0.8)	196.2 (0.7)	197.8 (0.7)	207.7 (0.8)	10,822	2,743	<0.0001
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	113.4 (0.7)	115.0 (0.7)	116.1 (0.7)	124.7 (0.7)	10,678	2,730	<0.0001
High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	58.0 (0.3)	57.9 (0.3)	58.2 (0.3)	58.9 (0.3)	10,819	2,743	0.0056
Lipoprotein(a), mg/dL	30.3 (0.7)	30.2 (0.7)	29.6 (0.7)	31.5 (0.7)	10,525	2,733	0.0003
Triglycerides, mg/dL	102.1 (1.2)	102.3 (1.1)	102.7 (1.1)	106.0 (1.3)	10,795	2,742	0.0041

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.