Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 3 TG/HDL-C, HDL-C/TC and HDL-C/LDL-C values according to the various cut-offs of different metabolic risk factors in pre- and postmenopausal Ghanaian women using H_MS Criterion

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

		Postmenopausal			Premenopausal
Parameters	TG/HDL-C	HDL-C/TC	HDL-C/LDL-C	TG/HDL-C	HDL-C/TC	HDL-C/LDL-C
Systolic Blood Pressure
<130 mmHg	1.06 ± 0.11	0.33 ± 0.02	1.17 ± 0.48	0.71 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.01	0.57 ± 0.03
≥130 mmHg	1.11 ± 0.10	0.31 ± 0.01	0.74 ± 0.09	1.13 ± 0.09	0.34 ± 0.01	0.76 ± 0.08
*p value*	0.8290	0.5800	0.1490	<0.0001	0.0980	0.0140
Diastolic Blood Pressure
<85 mmHg	1.12 ± 0.10	0.33 ± 0.02	1.14 ± 0.37	0.71 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.01	0.58 ± 0.03
≥85 mmHg	1.09 ± 0.11	0.31 ± 0.01	0.70 ± 0.09	1.09 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.01	0.77 ± 0.08
*p value*	0.8640	0.2410	0.1070	<0.0001	0.2290	0.0210
Fasting Blood Glucose
<5.6 mmol/l	0.72 ± 0.02	0.33 ± 0.01	0.64 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.01	0.63 ± 0.04
≥5.6 mmol/l	1.76 ± 0.18	0.29 ± 0.02	1.16 ± 0.33	1.47 ± 0.18	0.33 ± 0.02	0.66 ± 0.09
*p value*	<0.0001	0.0880	0.0470	<0.0001	0.8380	0.7730
Triglyceride
<1.7 mmol/l	0.84 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.01	0.66 ± 0.05	0.77 ± 0.02	0.33 ± 0.01	0.65 ± 0.04
≥1.7 mmol/l	2.69 ± 0.32	0.28 ± 0.03	1.87 ± 0.81	2.26 ± 0.27	0.28 ± 0.03	0.56 ± 0.12
*p value*	<0.0001	0.1850	0.0010	<0.0001	0.1040	0.5550
HDL-C
<1.30 mmol/l	1.74 ± 0.20	0.24 ± 0.01	0.65 ± 0.17	1.26 ± 0.14	0.25 ± 0.01	0.44 ± 0.04
≥1.30 mmol/l	0.77 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.01	0.93 ± 0.17	0.74 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.01	0.72 ± 0.05
*p value*	<0.00010	<0.00010	0.2990	<0.00010	<0.00010	0.0010

Continuous data were presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM). LDL-C: Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol, HDL-C: High Density Lipoprotein, TC: Total Cholesterol, TG: Triglycerides.

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