Table 3.

Subjects’ hormonal and lipid-lipoprotein profiles before and after our walking program (means ± SD)

	Premenopausal women (n = 16)		Postmenopausal women (n = 14)
	before	after	before	after
FSH, IU/l	12.82 ± 18.72a	16.67 ± 15.13	81.76 ± 22.72	81.91 ± 16.81
Estradiol, pmol/l	424.47 ± 317.25b	551.40 ± 396.08	77.93 ± 46.77	68.00 ± 25.12
Triacylgycerol, mmol/l	1.14 ± 0.59	1.25 ± 0.69	1.46 ± 0.74	1.54 ± 0.90
Cholesterol, mmol/l	5.28 ± 1.07	4.72 ± 1.07c	5.54 ± 1.02	5.48 ± 1.08c
LDL cholesterol, mmol/l	3.33 ± 0.92	2.98 ± 0.65c	3.35 ± 0.78	3.33 ± 0.79
HDL cholesterol, mmol/l	1.41 ± 0.29b	1.35 ± 0.28c	1.52 ± 0.49	1.43 ± 0.46c
CHOL/HDL cholesterol	3.86 ± 1.05	3.74 ± 0.77	3.92 ± 1.17	4.12 ± 1.23
Apolipoprotein B, g/l	0.98 ± 0.20	0.99 ± 0.17	1.05 ± 0.25	1.06 ± 0.20

FSH = Follicle stimulating hormone; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; CHOL = cholesterol.

^ap < 0.0001;

^bp < 0.01: significant difference between pre- and postmenopausal women at baseline, after adjustment for age.

^cp < 0.05: significant difference before and after walking, after adjustment for age.