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. 2011 Oct 7;12:225. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-225

Table 1.

Anthropometric and demographic characteristics of the subjects in the study at baseline

Variables Low aMM (n = 32) Normal aMM (n = 32)
Mean SD Mean SD p value*
Age (years) 57.0 7.4 55.4 7.6 0.397
Time since menopause (years) 7.6 5.8 8.3 5.7 0.618
Weight (kg) 65.9 10.9 76.5 12.9 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 26.7 3.7 31.7 4.7 <0.001
Total MM (kg) 30.3 3.2 35.9 4.2 <0.001
Appendicular MM (kg) 11.9 1.4 14.6 1.9 <0.001
Appendicular MM/m2 (kg/m2) 4.8 0.5 6.1 0.5 <0.001
Total fat (kg) 26.7 7.8 32.6 9.2 0.007
% fat 45.2 5.4 45.44 5.9 0.874
logFSH 4.2 0.3 4.1 0.3 0.334
logE2 3.0 0.2 3.1 0.2 0.100

SD, standard deviation.

*unpaired t test, significant difference p < 0.05