Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Cardiovascular risk factors 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
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	223 ± 39	201 ± 37^b§	234 ± 40	225 ± 36^b#
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	115 ± 44^a	101 ± 41^a	163 ± 101^a	134 ± 74^a§
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	66.4 ± 13,7^a	69.6 ± 15.3	60.7 ± 14.9^a	63.9 ± 13.2^#
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	124.0 ± 21.1	102.6 ± 24.8^b§	131.2 ± 29.1	124.8 ± 27.0^b#
Systolic BP (mmHg)	134 ± 12^a	130 ± 15	146 ± 18^a	135 ± 14^§
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	86 ± 8	84 ± 7	89 ± 8	84 ± 8^§
Glucose (mg/dl)	92 ± 14^a	88 ± 11^a	97 ± 12^a	94 ± 11^a#
Insulin (μU/ml)	9.7 ± 5.8	9.7 ± 9.8	9.6 ± 7.9	7.5 ± 7.0^#
Cortisol (μg/dl)	17.7 ± 7.7^a	15.4 ± 4.1^a	22.1 ± 9.0^a	18.0 ± 6.2^a§
Leptin (ng/ml)	47.6 ± 15.5^a	38.3 ± 15.9^§	63.6 ± 27.0^a	45.9 ± 22.4^§

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

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