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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2013 Sep 25;68(2):271–276. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.171

Table 2.

Appetite variables in response to time and menopausal status (Only values at baseline and year 5 are presented)

Menopausal Transition Post ≤ 12 months Post > 12 months Repeated Measures ANOVA P-value

Baseline Year 5 Baseline Year 5 Baseline Year 5 Time Meno Meno × Time
n 18 18 13 13 25 25
Fasting desire to eat (mm) 71.7 ± 45.0 97.4 ± 44.9 86.8 ± 32.4 102.7 ± 32.6 79.9 ± 41.5 103.8 ± 38.7 <0.001 NS NS
n 17 17 10 10 24 24
Fasting hunger (mm) 66.0 ± 38.1 93.2 ± 41.1 70.5 ± 34.8 102.9 ± 28.3 77.7 ± 34.6 101.2 ± 35.6 <0.001 NS NS
Fasting fullness (mm) 31.9 ± 35.0 25.4 ± 26.8 28.6 ± 28.0 18.2 ± 16.1 36.3 ± 30.7 25.0 ± 32.1 <0.05 NS NS
n 17 17 10 10 23 23
Fasting PFC (mm) 77.3 ± 30.7 83.7 ± 27.1 79.8 ± 26.9 101.2 ± 29.5 76.2 ± 32.4 93.3 ± 26.2 0.054 NS NS
n 18 18 13 13 24 24
AUC desire to eat (mm × min) 5475.4 ± 3482.8 6634.6 ± 4682.0 5483.7 ± 2856.8 7351.7 ± 4822.4 4533.1 ± 3827.3 6312.2 ± 4073.2 <0.05 NS NS
AUC hunger (mm × min) 5736.7 ± 3986.2 6771.3 ± 4888.4 5619.8 ± 3083.7 7119.8 ± 4223.3 4195.0 ± 3610.8 6183.4 ± 3747.8 <0.05 NS NS
AUC fullness (mm × min) 16905.0 ± 6312.1 17057.5 ± 5445.3 18252.7 ± 5363.3 16800.6 ± 4770.5 18509.7 ± 5625.5 18632.5 ± 4628.0 NS NS NS
AUC PFC (mm × min) 6723.3 ± 4409.4 6701.7 ± 4954.0 7401.4 ± 4129.6 8975.8 ± 4846.5 5967.2 ± 4748.1 6947.5 ±4346.1 NS NS NS

Post ≤ 12 months: postmenopausal status ≤ 12 months; Post > 12 months: postmenopausal status > 12 months; Meno: menopausal status; PFC: prospective food consumption; AUC: area under the curve. NS: not significant. Values are mean ± SD.