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. 2012 Jun 1;97(8):2872–2880. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-1422

Table 1.

Predicted E2 trajectory group membership probabilities (95% confidence intervals)

n (%) Slow decline Flat Rise/slow decline Rise/steep decline
BMI (kg/m2)
    Normal (<25) 561 (42.6) 0.39 (0.30, 0.47) 0.03 (0.01, 0.12) 0.12 (0.08, 0.19) 0.46 (0.38, 0.53)
    Overweight (25–29.9) 333 (25.3) 0.28 (0.20, 0.37) 0.16 (0.08, 0.29) 0.29 (0.19, 0.40) 0.27 (0.18, 0.37)
    Obese (≥30) 422 (32.1) 0.09 (0.04, 0.19) 0.68 (0.55, 0.77) 0.04 (0.01, 0.14) 0.19 (0.12, 0.26)
Race/ethnicity
    Caucasian 568 (43.2) 0.22 (0.15, 0.31) 0.13 (0.06, 0.25) 0.13 (0.07, 0.23) 0.51 (0.42, 0.59)
    African-Americans 401 (30.5) 0.25 (0.14, 0.37) 0.31 (0.17, 0.50) 0.14 (0.07, 0.27) 0.30 (0.20, 0.40)
    Chinese 133 (10.1) 0.50 (0.24, 0.65) 0.11 (0.01, 0.53) 0.17 (0.06, 0.32) 0.22 (0.10, 0.35)
    Japanese 142 (10.8) 0.43 (0.25, 0.57) 0.09 (0.01, 0.36) 0.12 (0.04, 0.27) 0.36 (0.22, 0.50)
    Hispanic 72 (5.5) 0.44 (0.25, 0.62) 0.06 (0.02, 0.20) 0.13 (0.04, 0.32) 0.36 (0.17, 0.57)
BMI by race/ethnicity (kg/m2)
    Caucasian
        Normal (<25) 247 (44.2) 0.29 (0.21, 0.38) 0.02 (0.00, 0.10) 0.11 (0.06, 0.19) 0.58 (0.48, 0.65)
        Overweight (25–29.9) 143 (25.6) 0.22 (0.14, 0.32) 0.14 (0.06, 0.26) 0.28 (0.17, 0.40) 0.36 (0.25, 0.49)
        Obese (≥30) 169 (30.2) 0.07 (0.03, 0.17) 0.61 (0.48, 0.71) 0.04 (0.01, 0.15) 0.27 (0.19, 0.36)
    African-Americans
        Normal (<25) 80 (19.4) 0.38 (0.24, 0.52) 0.07 (0.01, 0.25) 0.14 (0.07, 0.26) 0.41 (0.28, 0.53)
        Overweight (25–29.9) 124 (30.0) 0.23 (0.14, 0.33) 0.30 (0.18, 0.45) 0.27 (0.16, 0.41) 0.20 (0.12, 0.30)
        Obese (≥0) 209 (50.6) 0.05 (0.02, 0.11) 0.84 (0.72, 0.90) 0.03 (0.01, 0.11) 0.09 (0.05, 0.15)
    Chinese
        Normal (<25) 105 (79.6) 0.61 (0.34, 0.79) 0.02 (0.01, 0.24) 0.13 (0.02, 0.31) 0.24 (0.11, 0.44)
        Overweight (25–29.9) 21 (15.9) 0.44 (0.21, 0.61) 0.11 (0.01, 0.54) 0.31 (0.11, 0.52) 0.14 (0.02, 0.26)
        Obese (≥30) 6 (4.6) 0.19 (0.03, 0.53) 0.61 (0.14, 0.93) 0.06 (0.01, 0.27) 0.13 (0.02, 0.34)
    Japanese
        Normal (<25) 114 (80.9) 0.51 (0.38, 0.63) 0.01 (0.00, 0.09) 0.09 (0.04, 0.20) 0.38 (0.25, 0.51)
        Overweight (25–29.9) 19 (13.5) 0.42 (0.22, 0.57) 0.09 (0.01, 0.43) 0.24 (0.08, 0.48) 0.25 (0.12, 0.41)
        Obese (≥30) 8 (5.7) 0.19 (0.03, 0.46) 0.52 (0.12, 0.88) 0.05 (0.01, 0.23) 0.25 (0.06, 0.48)
    Hispanic
        Normal (<25) 15 (21.1) 0.52 (0.28, 0.72) 0.01 (0.00, 0.06) 0.10 (0.03, 0.26) 0.37 (0.16, 0.61)
        Overweight (25–29.9) 26 (36.6) 0.43 (0.23, 0.62) 0.06 (0.02, 0.20) 0.27 (0.10, 0.50) 0.24 (0.10, 0.45)
        Obese (≥30) 30 (42.3) 0.22 (0.07, 0.44) 0.44 (0.18, 0.71) 0.07 (0.01, 0.28) 0.28 (0.12, 0.48)

The highest probability is in bold.