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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women by study group

From: Quality of life among post-menopausal women due to oxidative stress boosted by dysthymia and anxiety

Parameter

Premenopausal women (n = 101)

Postmenopausal women (n = 101)

p value

Biochemical -hematologic parameters

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.0 ± 1.5

14.6 ± 1.4

0.002

 Hematocrit (%)

43 ± 3.9

45 ± 3.9

0.003

 Erythrocytes (X1012/L)

4.6 ± 0.5

4.8 ± 0.7

0.034

 Total leukocytes (X109/L)

6431 ± 1573

6071 ± 1192

0.070

 Glucose (mmol/L)

5.6 ± 2.5

5.2 ± 1.8

0.773

 Urea (mmol/L)

9.6 ± 2.1

10.4 ± 2.5

0.085

 Uric acid (μmol/L)

274 ± 77

280 ± 77

0.735

 Creatinine (μmol/L)

72 ± 15

72 ± 12

0.848

 Cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.6 ± 0.9

5.9 ± 1.1

0.057

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

2.0 ± 1.0

2.1 ± 1.1

0.552

 HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

0.832

 Estrogen (pg/mL)

101.7 ± 71.5

12.3 ± 6.2

<0.0001

 FSH (mIU/mL)

10.7 ± 12.2

55.2 ± 26.1

<0.0001

Anthropometric and blood pressure measurement

 BMI (kg/m2)

28.34 ± 4.4

28.82 ± 4.2

0.427

 Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

123 ± 16

126 ± 15

0.208

 Diastolic blood pressure /mm Hg)

83 ± 9.0

85 ± 8.2

0.122

Oxidative stress markers

 Lipoperoxides (μmol/L)

0.334 ± 0.05

0.356 ± 0.05

0.005

 Superoxide dismutase (U/g Hb)

1.23 ± 0.17

1.18 ± 0.13

0.023

 Glutathione peroxidase (U/g Hb)

56.2 ± 16.9

50.3 ± 14.5

0.010

 Total antioxidant status (μmol/L)

1020 ± 166

1052 ± 185

0.215

 SOD/GPx ratio

0.023 ± 0.007

0.025 ± 0.007

0.061

 Antioxidant gap (μmol/L)

292 ± 170

305 ± 191

0.616

  1. Quantitative data show means ± standard deviation. HDL-c high density lipoprotein cholesterol, BMI body mass index. The p value was determined with Student’s t test