Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample
| Characteristics | Pre (n = 26) |
Peri (n = 23) |
Post (n = 20) |
Men (n = 62) |
F | P value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age (years) | 49.3 | 1.6 | 49.6 | 1.7 | 50.1 | 2.0 | 49.3 | 2.1 | 0.98 | 0.41 |
| BMI | 29.0 | 6.4 | 27.2 | 5.0 | 28.5 | 5.9 | 29.4 | 6.2 | 0.88 | 0.45 |
| Parental SESa | 5.9 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 0.63 | 0.60 |
| Education (years) | 14.7 | 1.9 | 15.0 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 1.6 | 14.1 | 2.7 | 0.25 | 0.87 |
| Verbal IQb | 118.1 | 8.2 | 115.0 | 11.3 | 115.0 | 10.7 | 116.9 | 12.2 | 0.53 | 0.67 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Ethnicity (% Caucasian) | 24 | 92 | 24 | 96 | 18 | 90 | 59 | 94 | ||
Note: Pre, Premenopausal; Peri, Perimenopausal; Post, Postmenopausal; BMI, body mass index.
aParental socioeconomic status (SES) was a composite index of family income, education, and occupation and ranged from 1.0 (low) to 9.3 (high).
bVerbal IQ was estimated from the American Adult Reading Test (AMNART) (Nelson 1982).
*In addition to comparing groups broken down by women's menopausal status, no overall sex differences were observed (Age, P = 0.35; BMI, P = 0.26; Parental SES, P = 0.97; Education, P = 0.34; Verbal IQ, P = 0.69).