Table 8.
Postmenopausal female athlete lipid metabolism compared to premenopausal active athletes
| Athletes group | n | BF% | BMI | HDL | LDL | CHO | TG | Hb |
| Premenopausal (mean rank) | 31 | 16.84 | 17.08 | 20.15 | 16.74 | 16.98 | 16.55 | 18.79 |
| Postmenopausal (mean rank) | 5 | 28.60ac | 27.30be | 8.30ac | 29.40ad | 27.90ac | 30.60b | 16.70 |
a
K < 0.05 vs statistically significant when compared with premenopausal group.
b
K < 0.01 vs statistically significant when com-pared with premenopausal group.
c
P < 0.05 vs statistically significant when compared with premenopausal group.
d
P < 0.01 vs statistically significant when compared with premenopausal group.
e
P < 0.001 vs statistically significant when compared with premenopausal group.