One year soy protein supplementation has positive effects on bone formation markers but not bone density in postmenopausal women

Table 1 Subject characteristics at baseline and at the end of the study

Measures	Control (n = 27)			Soy (n = 35)			Control vs Soy
	Baseline	Final	%change	Baseline	Final	%change	p values
							Trtmt	Time	Trtmt × Time
Age (yrs)	56 ± 5			53 ± 6
Years since menopause	6 ± 5			5 ± 5
Weight (kg)	71.7 ± 2.4	74.1 ± 2.4	+3.3	75.5 ± 2.2	76.7 ± 2.2	+1.6	0.334	<0.001	0.170
BMI (kg/m ² )	27.3 ± 1.0	28.2 ± 1.0	+3.3	28.6 ± 0.9	29.0 ± 0.9	+1.4	0.436	<0.001	0.178
Waist to hip ratio	0.817 ± 0.014	0.815 ± 0.014	-0.2	0.787 ± 0.013	0.788 ± 0.013	+0.1	0.114	0.921	0.827

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