Table 2.

The hormones and adipokines changes during the menstrual cycle.

	Follicular phase	Midcycle	Luteal phase	P	∆1 M-FP	∆2 LP-FP
FSH (IU/mL)	5.9 ± 2.0	6.7 ± 3.2	3.8 ± 1.9	<0.001	0.7 ± 3.2	2.8 ± 3.0
LH (IU/mL)	7.0 ± 2.8	17.4 ± 11.7	10.1 ± 4.1	<0.001	10.3 ± 11.0	−0.2 ± 9.6
PRL (ng/mL)	14.0 ± 8.7	13.0 ± 6.8	14.7 ± 6.4	0.27	−0.2 ± 9.6	−1.5 ± 7.0
Estradiol (pg/mL)	29.8 ± 19.1	113.7 ± 75.6	56.2 ± 27.0	<0.001	80.5 ± 72.4	55.6 ± 72.2
Progesterone (ng/mL)	0.23 ± 0.16	0.45 ± 0.48	6.15 ± 6.40	<0.001	0.21 ± 0.48	5.71 ± 6.35
17-OH progesterone (ng/mL)	0.7 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 1.6	<0.001	0.3 ± 0.4	−1.2 ± 1.5
Androstendione (ng/mL)	2.6 ± 1.4	2.4 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 1.1	0.30	−0.2 ± 1.0	−0.01 ± 1.0
DHEA-S (μg/mL)	2.8 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 1.3	2.8 ± 1.2	0.07	0.2 ± 0.6	0.1 ± 0.6
Total testosterone (ng/mL)	0.8 ± 0.8	1.0 ± 1.3	1.0 ± 1.4	<0.05	0.2 ± 1.1	0.1 ± 0.6
SHBG (nmol/L)	65.6 ± 38.5	59.8 ± 37.1	66.8 ± 43.9	0.15	−5.8 ± 28.3	−7 ± 29.3
Glucose (mg/dL)	82.8 ± 10.1	82.9 ± 11.5	83.1 ± 13.6	0.98	0.13 ± 11.8	−0.25 ± 15.7
Insulin (µIU/mL)	8.8 ± 5.4	8.6 ± 3.8	8.7 ± 4.2	0.96	−0.2 ± 5.3	−0.1 ± 5.1
HOMA-IR	1.7 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 1.0	0.81	0.1 ± 1.1	−0.1 ± 1.1
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	21.0 ± 9.7	23.0 ± 14.1	23.6 ± 14.2	0.15	2.0 ± 10.7	−0.5 ± 4.7
Leptin (ng/mL)	16.3 ± 13.1	19.9 ± 17.5	19.8 ± 14.2	<0.01	3.6 ± 9.0	0.2 ± 11.3
Omentin-1 (ng/mL)	534 ± 245	532 ± 226	533 ± 216	0.99	14.5 ± 199	−1.1 ± 249
Resistin (ng/mL)	10.0 ± 3.0	10.0 ± 3.5	9.4 ± 3.0	0.18	−0.1 ± 2.8	0.6 ± 3.5
Visfatin (pg/mL)	0.8 ± 0.8	1.0 ± 0.9	0.7 ± 0.7	0.06	0.1 ± 1.2	0.2 ± 1.1
Vaspin (ng/mL)	0.25 ± 0.15	0.31 ± 0.24	0.33 ± 0.27	<0.01	0.1 ± 0.2	−0.02 ± 0.2
Apelin-36 (ng/mL)	1.7 ± 1.0	1.8 ± 1.3	1.6 ± 1.2	0.25	0.1 ± 1.1	0.2 ± 1.0
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.2 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 1.0	1.0 ± 0.5	0.42	−0.01 ± 1.1	0.1 ± 1.1
TNF-α (pg/mL)	1.2 ± 0.7	1.1 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 0.6	0.22	−0.1 ± 0.5	0.03 ± 0.4
RBP-4 (ng/mL)	42.4 ± 24.2	38.0 ± 17.7	39.7 ± 19.0	0.37	−4.3 ± 26.0	−1.6 ± 18.2