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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2008 May–Jun;15(3):429–434. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31815879cf

TABLE 3.

Associations between reproductive hormones and three measures of abdominal adiposity

FSH (log) E2 (log) FEI (log)



b P b P b P
Total abdominal adiposity −0.12 0.003 −0.07 0.19 0.14 0.01
 Visceral −0.11 0.008 −0.08 0.11 0.14 0.009
 Subcutaneous −0.12 0.005 −0.05 0.30 0.12 0.03

FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; E2, estradiol; FEI, free estradiol index. Adjusted for age, site, race/ethnicity, education, smoking, hormone use, and cycle day of blood draw.