Low Circulating TRAIL Levels Are Associated with Increase of Resistin and Lipocalin-2/ngal Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women

Table 1

Principal characteristics of the subjects.

Parameters	Value^a
Number of subjects, n	147
Age, years	56 ± 4
Years since menopause, years	7 ± 5
Age at menopause, years	49 ± 5
Smoking, %	15 (10)
Hypertension, %	10 (7)
Anthropometric features
BMI, kg/m^2	25 ± 3
WC, cm	84 ± 10
Abdominal obesity category
(i) Normal (WC ≤ 79.9 cm), n	47
(ii) Overweight (WC = 80–87.9 cm), n	43
(iii) Obese (WC ≥ 88 cm), n	57
Sexual hormones
17β-estradiol (pg/mL)	11 (6–30)
FSH (mUI/mL)	71 ± 33

^aData are expressed as % within the group for categorical variables and number of subjects in brackets; mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables. BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference.