Table 1.

Characteristic by gender and menopausal status

	All female (n = 569)	Pre-menopausal female (n = 395)	Post-menopausal female (n = 174)	Male (n = 423)	P value female versus maleb	P value pre- versus post-menopausal femaleb	P value pre-menopausal female versus maleb	P value post-menopausal female versus maleb
t-PA (ln ng/ml)a	1.80 ± 0.67	1.77 ± 0.64	1.86 ± 0.72	1.78 ± 0.80	0.537	0.057	0.345	0.748
PAI-1 (ln ng/ml)a	1.27 ± 1.33	1.21 ± 1.33	1.41 ± 1.32	1.03 ± 1.49	0.005	0.816	0.022	0.032
Body mass index (kg/m2)	26.6 ± 5.34	26.5 ± 5.33	26.8 ± 5.37	23.8 ± 4.15	<0.001	0.004	<0.001	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	126 ± 18.9	121 ± 16.5	136 ± 19.9	132 ± 20.8	<0.001	0.265	<0.001	0.180
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	77.3 ± 10.5	76.2 ± 10.9	79.8 ± 9.2	78.0 ± 13.1	0.701	0.221	0.404	0.310
Glucose (mg/dl)a	94.5 ± 24.8	92.0 ± 15.4	100.0 ± 37.8	91.6 ± 21.1	0.003	0.159	0.003	0.082
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	182 ± 42.7	175 ± 40.4	197 ± 43.7	170 ± 45	<0.001	0.194	<0.001	<0.001
Current smoker	0%	0%	0%	3.3%	<0.001	NA	<0.001	0.015
Triglycerides (mg/dl)a	85.4 ± 44.4	79.6 ± 40.5	98.8 ± 49.6	96.3 ± 60.3	0.016	0.639	0.009	0.712

Data are expressed as mean ± SD

^aNatural log transformed prior to analysis

^bAge-adjusted