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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2011 Mar;18(3):296–301. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181f2e611

Table 3.

Relationships between energy homeostasis peptide changes from 0-18 months and weight change from 18-30 months

Quartile 1
(gained 22-9.2
lbs) N=47		 Quartile 2
(gained 9.2-
4.7 lbs) N=47		 Quartile 3
(gained 4.7-0
lbs) N=46		 Quartile 4
(lost 0-30 lbs)
N=48		 P-value
(linear trend)
Avg. Change
Ghrelin 		55.89 (187.6) 96.60 (200.0) 67.15 (215.3) −5.73 (190.1) 0.1
Avg. Change
Leptin 		−4.25 (7.2) −5.41 (7.4) −3.24 (6.4) −0.76 (7.9) 0.008
Avg. Change
Adiponectin 		2.40 (4.0) 2.67 (4.7) 1.66 (3.7) 1.26 (4.2) 0.1
Avg. Change
Insulin 		−0.53 (6.5) 0.92 (4.4) −0.61 (4.9) 1.30 (6.9) 0.3