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Table 1 Middle-aged woman characteristics

From: Executive functions and selective attention are favored in middle-aged healthy women carriers of the Val/Val genotype of the catechol-o-methyltransferase gene: a behavioral genetic study

 

Val/Val (N = 27)

Val/Met (N = 32)

Met/Met (N = 15)

H

p*

Age (years)

53 (48-64)

53 (48-51)

58 (51-65)

5.28

0.07

Years of education

9 (6-15)

9 (6-15)

6 (6-11)

0.28

0.50

Menarche (years)

13 (11-16)

13 (10-18)

13 (10-14)

1.22

0.24

Menopause (years)

46 (31-56)

48 (35-56)

48 (35-57)

1.68

0.10

Partus

3 (0-7)

3 (0-11)

5 (0-9)

0.50

0.77

Height (cm)

156 (146-164)

156 (145-162)

155 (140-177)

1.85

0.39

BMI (kg/m2)

27.8 (20.57-40.34)

28.15 (23.50-38.44)

29.35 (20.78-38.44)

0.56

0.75

TAS (mmHg)

110 (90-14)

108 (88-140)

110 (100-14)

1.92

0.38

TAD (mmHg)

80 (60-90)

80 (60-90)

80 (70-90)

1.14

0.92

FSH (mIU/ml)

61.25 (32.1-134.8)

56.5 (38.6-111.9)

57.15 (32.2-110.3)

0.49

0.82

LH (mIU/ml)

21.25 (9.1-64.2)

22.75 (10-37.6)

14.7 (10.2-61.9)

1.25

0.82

E (ng/ml)

14.95 (2-26.7)

14 (1-21.5)

12.45 (5.3-14.2)

0.28

0.45

Progesterona (ng/ml)

0.5 (0.4-1)

0.33 (0.1-1.2)

0.5 (0.1-1.5)

2.00

0.18

  1. Values are shown as the median and range
  2. *Kruskal-Wallis test
  3. BMI = Body Mass Index
  4. TAS = Systolic arterial tension
  5. TAD = Diastolic arterial tension
  6. E = 17β-estradiol