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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2012 Dec;19(12):1347–1352. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318258aad7

TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics

Premenopausal (n = 19) Postmenopausal (n = 23)
Age, y 26 ± 5 63 ± 4a
Body fat, % 27.4 ± 3.4 36.0 ± 5.3a
Body mass index, kg/m2 23.6 ± 1.6 23.4 ± 1.9
Waist circumference, cm 80.1 ± 6.8 82.8 ± 5.5
Waist-hip ratio 0.80 ± 0.06 0.84 ± 0.05b
Cortisol, nM 476 ± 184 472 ± 141
Estradiol, pM 201 ± 142 19.6 ± 6.3a
Progesterone, nM 2.30 ± 0.79 1.32 ± 0.47a

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

a

P < 0.001 versus premenopausal women.