Table 2. Serum concentrations of serum estradiol, bone turnover markers and inflammatory markers.

	Cases	Controls
	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)	p value
E2(pg/ml)	8.98 ± 5.92	11.23 ± 6.22	3.16E-7
CTX(pg/ml)	231.1 ± 113.7	219.8 ±98.2	8.46E-6
PINP(pg/ml)	357.1± 134.3	332.6 ± 118.9	3.64E-7
IFNγ(pg/ml)	318.7 ± 157.3	308.5 ± 155.1	0.076
TNFα(pg/ml)	19.15 ± 4.17	18. 71 ± 3.99	0.111
IL1(pg/ml)	77.32 ± 35.58	75.01 ± 23.60	0.332
IL4(pg/ml)	24.02 ± 5.90	24.94 ± 5.86	0.092
IL6(pg/ml)	5.95 ± 1.36	6.21 ± 1.94	0.115
IL10(pg/ml)	24.65 ± 3.99	24.32 ± 2.35	0.081
IL12 (pg/ml)	2.46 ± 0.77	2.56 ± 0.85	0.255
IL17(pg/ml)	13.55 ± 5.42	12.67 ± 4.93	0.067
IL23(pg/ml)	894.1 ± 341.0	908.3 ± 386.2	0.075

Note: SD = standard deviation; E2 = estradiol; CTX: carboxy terminal telopeptide;PINP: procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide.