Table 4 Comparison of Metabolic Indicators among Pre and Postmenopausal Women with and without Metabolic Syndrome

 H_MS 

Age (yrs)

57.53 ± 1.13^‡‡‡***

56.89 ± 1.13^###§§§

38.38 ± 1.64^¶

33.49 ± 0.81

SBP (mmHg)

142.0 ± 2.56^***

138.9 ± 2.26^§§§

134.0 ± 4.02^¶

124.4 ± 1.44

DBP (mmHg)

91.33 ± 1.64

88.00 ± 1.28^###

85.48 ± 2.48

83.19 ± 0.98

FBG (mmol/l)

4.78 ± 0.11^‡‡‡

6.59 ± 0.23^{†††§§§}

6.03 ± 0.21^¶¶¶

4.61 ± 0.05

TG (mmol/l)

1.10 ± 0.02^‡

1.57 ± 0.13^{†††§§§}

1.46 ± 0.15^¶¶

1.05 ± 0.02

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.49 ± 0.02^{†††‡‡‡}

1.08 ± 0.04

1.12 ± 0.04

1.43 ± 0.02^§§§¶¶¶

HDL-C:TC ratio

0.33 ± 0.01^†††

0.27 ± 0.01

0.29 ± 0.02

0.32 ± 0.01^§§§

TG:HDL-C ratio

0.74 ± 0.01

1.58 ± 0.16^{†††§§§}

1.34 ± 0.15^{‡‡‡¶¶¶}

0.74 ± 0.02

HDL-C:LDL-C ratio

0.59 ± 0.01

0.57 ± 0.05

0.65 ± 0.09

0.58 ± 0.01

HDL-C:VLDL-C ratio

3.89 ± 0.08^{†††‡‡‡}

2.59 ± 0.22

2.82 ± 0.29

4.03 ± 0.09^§§§¶¶¶

BMI (kg/m²)

26.52 ± 0.64

27.44 ± 0.64

26.40 ± 0.77

26.48 ± 0.52

WHR

0.90 ± 0.01^***

0.93 ± 0.01^##§§§

0.89 ± 0.01

0.86 ± 0.01

WTR

1.75 ± 0.02^‡‡‡***

1.68 ± 0.02

1.63 ± 0.02

1.62 ± 0.01

WHtR

0.59 ± 0.01^*

0.61 ± 0.01^##§§§

0.56 ± 0.01

0.55 ± 0.01