Prediction of metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal Ghanaian women using obesity and atherogenic markers

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population

Characteristics	Total	Postmenopausal	Premenopausal	P value
*Number of Subjects*	250	107	143
Age (years)	44.23 ± 0.90	57.25 ± 0.80	34.48 ± 0.74	<0.0001
Waist Circ. (cm)	92.41 ± 0.72	95.93 ± 0.94	89.85 ± 1.01	<0.0001
Thigh Circ. (cm)	55.64 ± 0.41	56.43 ± 0.80	55.34 ± 0.53	0.2380
BMI (kg/m²)	26.64 ± 0.32	27.25 ± 0.57	26.41 ± 0.44	0.2350
WHR	0.88 ± 0.00	0.91 ± 0.01	0.87 ± 0.01	<0.0001
WTR	1.67 ± 0.01	1.72 ± 0.01	1.62 ± 0.01	<0.0001
HTR	1.88 ± 0.01	1.95 ± 0.06	1.87 ± 0.01	0.1836
WHtR	0.58 ± 0.00	0.60 ± 0.01	0.56 ± 0.01	<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)	132.5 ± 1.19	140.1 ± 1.81	126.4 ± 1.44	<0.0001
DBP (mmHg)	86.3 ± 0.73	89.59 ± 1.12	83.62 ± 0.93	<0.0001
PP (mmHg)	46.2 ± 0.76	50.76 ± 1.12	42.73 ± 0.93	<0.0001
FBG (mmol/l)	5.19 ± 0.08	5.60 ± 0.15	4.9 ± 0.07	<0.0001
TG (mmol/l)	1.20 ± 0.03	1.31 ± 0.06	1.12 ± 0.04	0.0060
TC (mmol/l)	4.40 ± 0.05	4.41 ± 0.08	4.40 ± 0.07	0.8500
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.34 ± 0.02	1.31 ± 0.03	1.37 ± 0.02	0.0670
LDL-C (mmol/l)	2.51 ± 0.05	2.50 ± 0.08	2.52 ± 0.06	0.9130
VLDL-C (mmol/l)	0.42 ± 0.01	0.46 ± 0.02	0.40 ± 0.01	0.0060
HDL-C/TC	0.31 ± 0.00	0.30 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.01	0.0700
HDL-C/LDL-C	0.59 ± 0.02	0.84 ± 0.13	0.64 ± 0.04	0.0970
TG/HDL-C	0.97 ± 0.04	1.11 ± 0.08	0.86 ±0.04	0.0040

Continuous data were presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM). VLDL-C: Very Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol, LDL-C: Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol, HDL-C: High Density Lipoprotein, TC: Total Cholesterol, TG: Triglycerides, FBG: Fasting Blood Glucose, WHR: Waist-to-Hip Ratio, BMI: Body Mass Index, WC: Waist Circumference, WTR: Waist-to-Thigh Ratio, WHtR: Waist-to-Height Ratio, HTR: hip-to-thigh circumference, SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure, PP: Pulse Pressure, Circ: Circumference.

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