Table 2.
Menstrual Cycle Hormone Parameters Pre and Post Weight Loss Surgery
| Controls (n=14) |
High BMI Pre-Op (n=23) |
High BMI Post-Op (n=6) |
P Value control vs. pre-op |
P Value pre-op vs. post-op |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle Length (d) |
27.6 +/−3.4 | 29.5 +/−4.0 | 27.2+/−2.8 | 0.15 | 0.20 |
| Peak LH (mIU/mg Cr) |
40.8+/−29.4 | 27.6+/−12.4 | 43.7+/−10.6 | 0.06 | 0.007* |
| Whole cycle LH (mIU/mg Cr) |
166.6+/− 146.0 |
168.8+/− 102.7 |
292.1+/− 112.6 |
0.96 | <0.001* |
| Whole cycle FSH (mIU/mg Cr) |
141.3+/− 63.1 |
149.4+/−57.9 | 178.4+/− 118.9 |
0.69 | 0.12 |
| 1st 7 days LH (mIU/mg Cr) |
26.4+/−23.6 | 22.0+/−23.0 | 36.2+/−16.7 | 0.58 | 0.17 |
| 1st 7 days FSH (mIU/mg Cr) |
44.5+/−16.6 | 47.4+/−19.7 | 42.0+/−17.4 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| Whole cycle E1c (ng/mg Cr) |
1278.2+/− 475.0 |
1026+/− 336.3 |
605.4+/− 438.3 |
0.07 | <0.001* |
| Luteal Pdg (mcg/mg Cr) |
151.7+/− 111.1 |
32.8+/−10.9 | 73.7+/−30.5 | <0.001* | <0.001* |
| Days until Pdg >2 |
1.7+/−1.6 | 3.9+/−1.5 | 2.4+/−1.8 | <0.001* | 0.046* |
*
p<0.05 considered significant