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Table 3 Serum hormone levels and bacterial smear numbers in postmenopausal women

From: The Lactobacillus flora in vagina and rectum of fertile and postmenopausal healthy Swedish women

Subject No.

Oestradiol (E2) (pmol/L)

Progesterone (nmol/L)

FSH (IU/L)

LH (IU/L)

Vaginal smear

(CFU/g)

Rectal smear

(CFU/g)

21

< 125

< 3

66.3

36.5

--

1100000

22

126

< 3

33.7

16.3

170

5500

23

< 125

< 3

65.4

24.6

10000000

3100000

24

133

< 3

84.2

31.4

--

3000000

25

193

< 3

58.6

21.0

--

3800000

26

< 125

< 3

58.8

26.7

360000

140000

27

< 125

< 3

73.5

28.9

13000

590000

28

< 125

< 3

145.0

50.9

--

1700000

29

< 125

< 3

80.9

16.2

830000

47000

30

< 125

< 3

48.7

15.7

180000

4900000

31

< 125

< 3

65.1

33.4

--

1000

32

    

--

130000

33

< 125

< 3

50.8

37.8

8900000

--

34

< 125

3

89.6

39.9

510000

50000

35

< 125

3

126.0

53.7

30000000

920000

36

< 125

< 3

88.1

43.8

22000

210000

37

< 125

< 3

53.3

19.0

--

910000

38

< 125

< 3

89.7

23.1

--

550000

39

< 125

< 3

110.0

38.2

190000

3100

40

< 125

< 3

165.0

53.8

--

2000000

  1. -- = not detectable. One woman did not complete the hormone analyses. CFU = colony forming units, IU = international units, FSH = follicle-stimulating hormone, LH = luteinizing hormone.