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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2011 Jan;18(1):44–52. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181e3aab1

Table 2.

Baseline body composition measurements by intervention group and change in body composition from baseline to year 6 (B-Y6)

Estrogen Trial (ET)
Estrogen plus Progestogen Trial (EPT)
Active (n=453) Placebo (n=474) p1 Active (n=543) Placebo (n=471) p2
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Baseline Anthropometric measures
Weight (kg) 77.71 15.61 78.01 15.63 0.77 73.36 14.73 73.94 15.24 0.54
BMI (kg/m2) 30.00 5.61 29.86 5.53 0.70 28.14 5.40 28.30 5.50 0.65
Waist (cm) 90.11 13.80 89.92 12.45 0.82 85.45 12.22 86.32 13.11 0.28
Baseline Tissue specific measures
Fat Mass (kg) 35.91 11.41 35.77 11.42 0.85 32.52 11.00 32.51 11.19 0.99
Percent Fat Mass (%) 46.02 6.76 45.67 6.69 0.43 43.96 7.37 43.62 7.30 0.46
Lean Mass (kg) 38.49 5.45 38.82 5.77 0.36 37.73 5.17 38.23 5.42 0.13
Percent Lean Mass (%) 51.26 6.52 51.54 6.31 0.50 53.23 7.06 53.58 7.05 0.43
Change in Tissue specific measures from Baseline to Year 6
(n=323) (n=350) (n=392) (n=337)
Fat Mass (kg) 0.05 5.68 0.12 5.50 0.87 0.64 5.43 0.43 5.33 0.59
Percent Fat Mass (%) 0.01 0.16 0.01 0.16 0.96 0.03 0.23 0.02 0.18 0.47
Lean Mass (kg) −0.44 2.28 −0.50 2.45 0.72 −0.29 1.99 −0.40 2.15 0.46
Percent Lean Mass (%) −0.01 0.06 −0.01 0.06 0.98 −0.01 0.05 −0.01 0.05 0.33
1

comparison between active and placebo for ET trial

2

comparison between active and placebo for EPT trial

BMI, Body Mass Index