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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to menopausal status

From: Metabolic syndrome, not menopause, is a risk factor for hypertension in peri-menopausal women

 

Non-menopause (N = 1038)

Menopause (N = 464)

p-value

Age (years)

45.4 ± 2.7

49.2 ± 3.1

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

59.5 ± 8.1

60.0 ± 8.3

0.262

Height (cm)

155.4 ± 5.2

154.9 ± 5.0

0.063

BMI (kg/m2)

24.6 ± 3.2

25.0 ± 3.2

0.040

SBP (mmHg)

114.3 ± 16.0

118.2 ± 18.0

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

75.9 ± 10.7

78.9 ± 11.5

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

78.6 ± 8.7

81.1 ± 9.2

< 0.001

TG (mg/dL)

129.1 ± 71.4

148.4 ± 94.2

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

182.1 ± 31.0

195.9 ± 36.0

< 0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

46.8 ± 9.8

46.2 ± 9.9

0.242

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

81.7 ± 9.0

82.1 ± 9.1

0.499

HbA1c (%)

5.5 ± 0.4

5.6 ± 0.4

< 0.001

Alcohol consumption (%)

31.5

28.9

0.308

Hypertension prevalence (%)

16.7

24.4

< 0.001

Diabetes prevalence (%)

2.9

5.8

0.006

MetS prevalence (%)

16.6

25.4

< 0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglyceride, MetS metabolic syndrome. Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables