Table 3.

Association between biomarker levels and BMI

EGF	Spearman correlation	P -value
NAF
Premenopausal (n = 9)	−0.20	0.61
Postmenopausal (n = 25)	0.06	0.79
Plasma
Premenopausal (n = 16)	0.25	0.35
Postmenopausal (n = 27)	−0.55	0.003
TGF-$\mathbf{\beta }$1
NAF
Premenopausal (n = 11)	−0.23	0.50
Postmenopausal (n = 26)	−0.09	0.68
Plasma
Premenopausal (n = 16)	0.41	0.11
Postmenopausal (n = 27)	−0.60	<0.001
Adiponectin
NAF
Premenopausal (n = 6)	−0.31	0.54
Postmenopausal (n = 23)	0.15	0.50
Plasma
Premenopausal (n = 16)	−0.59	0.02
Postmenopausal (n = 27)	−0.39	0.05