Nutrition Journal

Table 1 Individual and Anthropometric characteristics of subjects

From: Effect of a weight loss intervention on anthropometric measures and metabolic risk factors in pre- versus postmenopausal women

	Premenopausal women (n = 22)		Postmenopausal women (n = 50)
Variable	Baseline Mean ± SD	48 weeks Mean ± SD	Baseline Mean ± SD	48 weeks Mean ± SD
Age (years)	43.7 ± 6.4^a		58.2 ± 5.1^a
Height (cm)	166 ± 6		163 ± 6
Weight (kg)	85.5 ± 8.6	78.8 ± 9.7^§	87.1 ± 11.1	80.4 ± 10.7^§
BMI (kg/m²)	31.0 ± 2.4^a	28.6 ± 3.1^§	32.9 ± 3.7^a	30.3 ± 3.7^§
Waist circumference (cm)	99 ± 7^a	92 ± 9^a§	104 ± 9	98 ± 10^a§
Hip circumference (cm)	112 ± 6	106 ± 10^§	116 ± 8^a	111 ± 8^§
Fat mass (kg)	37.4 ± 6.9^a	32.0 ± 9.0^§	42.5 ± 8.6^a	35.9 ± 8.3^§
Fat free mass (kg)	48.2 ± 4.6^b	46.7 ± 4.5^§	44.6 ± 5.1^b	44.5 ± 5.2

^a = p < .05 between groups ^b = p < .01 between groups.
^§ = p < .01 within groups

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