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Table 2.

Circulating blood factors

	Premenopausal Sedentary	Postmenopausal Sedentary	Postmenopausal AE-Trained
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	160 ± 8^*	207 ± 7	205 ± 6
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	58 ± 4	68 ± 3	78 ± 5^*
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	83 ± 6	121 ± 7^‡	104 ± 6
Triglycerides, mg/dl^L	93 ± 12	90 ± 6	84 ± 8
Glucose, mg/dl	85 ± 2	87 ± 1	85 ± 2
Insulin, µU/ml^L	9 ± 2	6 ± 1	7 ± 1
HOMA-IR, U^L	1.8 ± 0.3	1.2 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.2
Estradiol, pg/ml^L	59 ± 20 (n = 7)^*	17 ± 2 (n = 20)	13 ± 1 (n = 13)
C-reactive protein, mg/l^L	0.4 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.2^*	0.5 ± 0.1 (n = 12)
Oxidized LDL, U/l	48 ± 6	55 ± 3	40 ± 4 (n = 11)^†
Norepinephrine, pg/ml ^L	274 ± 43	358 ± 27	345 ± 54 (n = 11)

Data are means ± SE. HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; ^L, data log transformed for statistical analysis.

P < 0.05 vs. all other groups;

^†

P < 0.05 vs. postmenopausal sedentary;

^‡

P < 0.05 vs. premenopausal sedentary women.