Table 4.

Correlates of appendicular lean mass index by menopausal categories

	ALMi Pooled	ALMi Pre	ALMi Peri	ALMi Post
Age	−0.128	0.148	−0.114	−0.169
Estradiol	0.088	−0.441*	0.094	0.077
Estrone	0.115	−0.261	0.037	0.283†
FSH	−0.275**	−0.011	−0.281*	−0.289†
Progesterone	−0.025	0.164	−0.054	−0.180
Testosterone	0.105	0.050	0.079	0.121
Dietary intake	0.205†	0.471	0.239	0.180
Protein intake	0.251*	0.306	0.277†	0.276
LTPA	−0.049	−0.192	0.035	−0.065
Pedometer	−0.133	−0.090	−0.089	−0.136
FMi	0.501***	0.547**	0.423**	0.651***
Partial correlations of ALMi with FSH: control variables
Age	−0.215*	−0.037	−0.272†	−0.270†
Estradiol	−0.281**	0.003	−0.267†	−0.281†
Estrone	−0.251**	−0.076	−0.280*	−0.242
Progesterone	−0.286**	0.036	−0.298*	−0.262†
Testosterone	−0.267**	0.010	−0.278†	−0.290†
Dietary intake	−0.297**	−0.401	−0.322*	−0.282
Protein intake	−0.282**	−0.452	−0.313†	−0.261
LTPA	−0.272**	−0.019	−0.274†	−0.330*
Pedometer	−0.254*	0.209	−0.300†	−0.280†
FMi	−0.366***	−0.018	−0.284*	−0.234

ALMi, appendicular lean mass normalized to square of height in meters²; FMi, fat mass normalized to square of height in meters²; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LTPA, leisure time physical activity; Peri, early and late perimenopausal; Post, early and late postmenopausal women including both hormone therapy users and nonusers; Pre, premenopausal; Pooled = Pre + Peri + Post. Significant values are in bold.

^†P ≤ 0.10;

^*P < 0.05;

^**P ≤ 0.01;

^***P ≤ 0.001.