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Table 3 Age standardized geometric means for urinary concentrations of estrogens and estrogen metabolites (EM) and multivariable-adjusted percent difference 1 across categories of green tea intake in premenopausal women during the luteal phase

From: Green tea intake is associated with urinary estrogen profiles in Japanese-American women

 

Categories of green tea intake

 

<1 per week (n = 62)

1-6 times per week (n = 32)

7+ times per week (n = 25)

 
 

Urinary concentration

Urinary concentration

Percent difference

Urinary concentration

Percent difference

Ptrend

Total Estrogens and Metabolites

218.16

156.13

−25.5% (-40.7%- - 6.4%)

170.36

−26.3% (-43.0%- - 4.6%)

0.01

Parent Estrogens

37.58

29.99

−16.0% (-35.2%-8.9%)

34.57

−8.1% (-31.7%-23.6%)

0.42

Estrone

24.45

19.44

−20.2% (-39.2%-4.8%)

23.07

−6.9% (-31.8%-27.2%)

0.43

Estradiol

11.53

10.01

−5.4% (-27.0%-22.5%)

10.28

−8.9% (-32.1%-22.3%)

0.51

2-Hydroxylation pathway

39.11

28.05

−36.9% (-52.3%- - 16.4%)

38.11

−16.2%(-39.5%-16.0%)

0.10

2-Pathway catechols

30.57

22.42

−38.3% (-54.2%- - 16.8%)

28.5

−16.9%(-41.2%-17.6%)

0.10

2-Hydroxyestrone

27.65

19.68

−38.8% (-54.6%- - 17.6%)

27.06

−16.3%(-40.7%-18.2%)

0.10

2-Hydroxyestradiol

3.02

1.90

−43.9% (-61.9%- - 17.3%)

2.61

−25.5% (-52.4%-16.5%)

0.07

2-Pathway methylated catechols

7.24

5.66

−28.9% (-47.7%- - 3.5%)

7.77

−9.6%(-36.3%-28.2%)

0.34

2-Methoxyestrone

5.17

4.18

−24.0% (-44.6%-4.2%)

5.74

−1.3%(-31.4%-41.9%)

0.67

2-Methoxyestradiol

0.56

0.41

−28.7% (-50.8%-3.3%)

0.64

0.6% (-34.0%-53.4%)

0.73

2-Hydroxyestrone-3-methyl ether

1.15

0.81

−34.1% (-56.3%- - 0.5%)

1.06

−22.9%(-51.5%-22.5%)

0.17

4-Hydroxylation pathway EM

4.13

3.32

−21.4% (-43.3%-8.9%)

3.80

−13.5% (-40.3%-25.3%)

0.33

4-Pathway catechol: 4-Hydroxyestrone

3.71

2.95

−21.9% (-44.3%-9.6%)

3.31

−15.5% (-42.4%-24.1%)

0.29

4-Pathway methylated catechols

0.33

0.28

−19.1% (-43.3%-15.3%)

0.36

−7.1% (-38.0%-39.2%)

0.53

4-Methoxyestrone

0.23

0.17

−23.9% (-48.1%-11.6%)

0.24

4.0% (-32.5%-60.4%)

0.93

4-Methoxyestradiol

0.05

0.06

−15.2% (-56.1%-63.6%)

0.08

−8.2% (-56.4%-93.4%)

0.77

16-Hydroxylation pathway

123.03

84.72

−21.3% (-39.7%-2.7%)

87.57

−33.3% (-50.3% - - 10.4%)

0.001

16α-Hydroxyestrone

12.68

9.31

−24.0% (-40.9%- - 2.3%)

9.78

−31.1% (-48.2%- - 8.5%)

0.01

Estriol

68.67

44.67

−23.5% (-43.2%-2.9%)

46.16

−33.1% (-51.9%- - 7.0%)

0.01

16-Ketoestradiol

25.68

19.98

−17.8% (-39.8%-12.2%)

19.32

−31.5% (-51.3%- - 3.7%)

0.02

16-Epiestriol

10.09

7.11

−15.1% (-36.6%-13.6%)

7.74

−30.8% (-49.9%- - 4.2%)

0.02

17-Epiestriol

1.79

0.97

−27.4% (-54.9%-16.8%)

0.95

−40.4% (-65.1%-1.7%)

0.04

Ratios

Parent estrogens / estrogen metabolites

0.21

0.24

10.6% (-11.5%-38.3%)

0.26

23.1% (-3.8%-57.6%)

0.09

2-Hydroxylation pathway / parent estrogens

1.04

0.94

−19.3% (-37.3%-3.8%)

1.10

−9.5% (-31.7%-20.1%)

0.37

4-Hydroxylation pathway / parent estrogens

0.11

0.11

−9.9% (-32.9%-21.2%)

0.11

−15.8% (-39.2%-16.6%)

0.28

16-Hydroxylation pathway / parent estrogens

3.27

2.83

−5.1% (-27.8%-24.8%)

2.53

−20.0% (-41.0%-8.5%)

0.17

2-Hydroxylation pathway / 16-hydroxylation pathway

0.32

0.33

−3.7% (-33.2%-38.8%)

0.44

21.2% (-19.8%-83.0%)

0.41

4-Hydroxylation pathway / 16-hydroxylation pathway

0.03

0.04

16.8% (-21.3%-73.3%)

0.04

21.8% (-21.8%-89.8%)

0.34

2-Hydroxylation pathway / 4-hydroxylation pathway

9.47

8.46

−13.3% (-28.3%-4.7%)

10.04

−1.2% (-20.2%-22.4%)

0.70

4-Pathway methylated catechols / 4-pathway catechols

0.09

0.09

20.7% (-13.4%-68.1%)

0.11

23.9% (-15.2%-81.0%)

0.20

2-Pathway methylated catechols / 2-pathway catechols

0.23

0.26

9.1% (-11.6%-34.6%)

0.26

7.7% (-15.1%-36.7%)

0.48

  1. Derived measures of estrogen metabolism and statistically significant estimates are presented in bold font.
  2. 1 Robust linear regression models were used to estimate percent difference in EM measures with 95% confidence limits across categories of green tea intake while adjusting for age and study center.
  3. 2 Robust linear regression was used to test for trends in log-transformed EM measures across tea categories. Ptrend was modeled using categories coded as 0, 1, and 2.