Table 3.

Menopausal symptoms at baseline and following 12 weeks’ soy drink intervention

Treatment group	Low (n = 34)			Medium (n = 35)			High (n = 27)
Greene’s Climacteric Scale	Baseline	Week 12	Change from baseline	Baseline	Week 12	Change from baseline	Baseline	Week 12	Change from baseline
Psychological score	18.29 ± 4.00a	17.47 ± 4.37	− 0.83 ± 5.10	18.51 ± 4.92	16.40 ± 4.11	− 2.11 ± 4.19	17.02 ± 3.55	15.93 ± 3.59	− 1.10 ± 3.89
Vasomotor score	4.46 ± 1.58	3.97 ± 1.73	− 0.49 ± 1.18	4.50 ± 1.54	3.49 ± 1.27	− 1.01 ± 1.84	3.54 ± 1.22	3.37 ± 1.69	− 0.17 ± 2.02
Somatic score	9.79 ± 1.81	9.29 ± 2.28	− 0.49 ± 2.50	9.71 ± 2.30	9.49 ± 2.13	− 0.23 ± 2.68	9.77 ± 2.64	9.26 ± 3.37	− 0.51 ± 3.52
Total score	34.72 ± 5.37	32.76 ± 6.52	− 1.96 ± 6.83	34.87 ± 7.31	31.29 ± 6.10	− 3.58 ± 6.87	32.52 ± 6.42	30.52 ± 7.91	− 2.00 ± 8.62

No significant differences were observed between the groups for any of the symptoms assessed as determined using a Kruskal–Wallis test

^aMean ± SD (all such values)