Table 3.

Mean absolute and relative (percent) increase in reproductive hormone values over the menopause transition by race/ethnicity

Ethnicity	African Americans	Chinese, CA	Japanese, JA	Caucasian, NHW	Hispanic
DHAS (ug/dL)	0.47 (−92.8–178.8)	−13.80 (−188.3–201.9)	− 0.94 (− 149.1–129.6)	1.24 (−170.9–227.6)	−23.21 (− 200.5–80.7)
DHAS (%)	8.55 (−68.7–444.8)	4.85 (− 81.6–604.7)	8.66 (− 64.7–291.7)	9.86 (− 82.4–250.9)	0.20 (− 78.9–130.8)
FSH (mIU/mL)	27.86* (−93.0–181.8)	29.51* (− 102.8–188.7)	44.91* (− 47.6–225.3)	39.61* (− 78.7–185.3)	5.39* (−26.3–79.4)
FSH (%)	157.77 (−84.0–1986.1)	145.00 (− 72.4–1238.0)	224.19 (−65.8–5364.3)	184.59 (−89.1–2404.7)	114.75 (−54.9–680.0)
SHBG (nM)	1.63 (− 109.6–149.9)	7.33 (− 98.8–145.9)	9.08 (− 117.6–108.9)	4.81 (− 97.2–137.5)	6.45 (− 34.9–38.4)
SHBG (%)	51.51 (−76.9–3848.0)	53.10 (− 76.77–782.14)	37.31 (− 68.8–414.7)	26.88 (− 81.4–670.7)	21.15 (− 38.0–107.6)
T (ng/dL)	15.97* (−27.7–226.8)	3.00* (− 35.3–62.1)	4.10* (− 45.4–67.0)	3.54* (− 52.5–129.6)	18.89* (− 14.8–81.4)
T (%)	61.51* (−87.1–704.4)	9.81* (− 79.2–149.4)	24.57* (− 59.0–259.1)	26.24* (− 85.7–664.2)	113.83* (− 52.9–767.9)
E2 (pg/mL)	− 29.29 (− 483.2–240.0)	−21.16 (353.8–1158.3)	−35.94 (− 723.8–549.6)	−45.42 (− 531.0–195.4)	−40.38 (− 340.0–22.2)
E2 (%)	29.05 (− 94.9–3000.6)	25.12 (− 97.6–1421.5)	−0.54 (− 99.2–2224.9)	−7.24 (− 98.05–962.56)	−4.77 (− 94.5–223.6)

Abbreviations: SWAN Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation; DHAS dehydroepiandrosteronesulphate; FSH follicle-stimulating hormone; SHBG sex-hormone binding globulin; T testosterone; E2 estradiol; CA Chinese-American; JA Japanese-American; NHW Non-Hispanic Whites. The values are from SWAN baseline to visit 10; values in parentheses are range: the first dash means a decrease in the level of the hormone; the second dash is for range. * represents significant difference (P < 0.05); For sample size see Table 1