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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2009 Jul–Aug;16(4):708–718. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318198d6b2

Table 2.

Urinary Cortisol, Estrone Glucuronide, FSH, and Testosterone Levels (M, SD) according to Menopausal Transition Stages*.

Endocrine Late
Reproductive
Stage
(n=56)		 Early
Menopausal
Transition
(n=84)		 Late
Menopausal
Transition
(n=80)		 Early
Postmenopause
(n=53)
Cortisol
(ng/mg creatinine)		 42.7
(19.6)		 45.3
(22.5)		 53.4
(29.6)		 46.4
(25.9)
Estrone glucuronide
(ng/mg creatinine)		 21.1
(10.0)		 25.8
(19.0)		 25.3
(12.2)		 13.9
(6.3)
FSH mIU/mL 14.1
(5.4)		 18.3
(11.9)		 34.5
(24.7)		 56.4
(31.8)
Testosterone** ng/mg creatinine 20.7
(10.3)
n=53		 22.3
(12.9)
n=82		 22.4
(11.5)
n=78		 23.6
(11.5)
n=51
*

excluding values for women using corticosteroids

**

excluding values for women using androgen medications