. 2016 Apr 21;16:283. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2317-y

Table 5.

Baseline characteristics of the RTC study participants

Characteristic	PPARγ2 Pro¹² (n = 18)		PPARγ2 ¹²Ala (n = 7)		P-values^d
Characteristic	Median	Range	Median	Range	P-values^d
Age^a, years	58.5	(49–70)	55	(47–67)	0.28
Weight, kg	64.1	(50.1–86.5)	59.8	(57.2–68.4)	0.27
BMI, kg/m²	23.5	(19.1–26.9)	22.4	(19.4–24.5)	0.14
Years since last menses	5.5	(1–25)	6	(3–16)	0.46
Alcohol intake/week	6.5	(1–15)	6	(3.5–14)	0.70
Characteristic	PPARγ2 Pro¹² (n = 18)		PPARγ2 ¹²Ala (n = 7)
Characteristic	No.	%	No.	%
Menopause type
Natural^b	17	94.4	6	85.7
Hysterectomy^c	1	6.6	1	14.3
Smoking status
Never	10	55.6	5	71.4
Former	8	44.4	2	28.6

Characteristics of participants from the RCT divided by genotype

^aOne participant was only 48 years, but had not had her menses for 6 years. All other participants were older than 50 years

^bOne participant had had a unilateral oophorectomy

^cOne participant had a combined hysterectomy and oophorectomy; and one participant had a hysterectomy before last menses, but was older than 60 years

^d P-values for comparison of baseline characteristics using Student’s t-test