Menopause and Metabolic Syndrome in Tunisian Women

Table 3

Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio for the metabolic syndrome as dependent variable and the associated factors as independent variables among all study participants.

	𝑛 (% MetS)	Unadjusted^a; OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value^a	Adjusted^b; OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value^b
Age (years)
35–44	930 (21.0)	1		1
45–54	922 (39.7)	2.48 (2.02–3.04)	<0.001	2.06 (1.60–2.65)	<0.001
55–64	532 (46.8)	3.31 (2.62–4.18)	<0.001	2.39 (1.70–3.37)	<0.001
65–74	296 (51.0)	3.92 (2.97–5.17)	<0.001	2.88 (1.96–4.24)	<0.001
Residence area
Rural	1130 (29.2)	1		1
Urban	1550 (40.7)	1.66 (1.41–1.96)	<0.001	1.79 (1.49–2.14)	<0.001
Marital status
Married	2205 (33.8)	1		1
Single	61 (37.7)	1.18 (0.70–2.00)	0.524	1.25 (0.71–2.19)	0.428
Widowed/divorced	414 (46.6)	1.71 (1.38–2.11)	<0.001	1.26 (1.00–1.59)	0.043
Family history of CVD
No	2592 (35.4)	1		1
Yes	75 (52.0)	1.97 (1.24–3. 13)	0.004	1.39 (0.85–2.28)	0.178
Education level
Illiterate	1527 (37.7)	1		1
Lower	804 (35.3)	0.90 (0.75–1.07)	0.254	1.21 (0.98–1.49)	0.077
Medium	282 (29.8)	0.70 (0.53–0.92)	0.011	0.91 (0.66–1.25)	0.584
Higher	60 (23.3)	0.50 (0.27–0.92)	0.026	0.74 (0.37–1.48)	0.405
Occupation
Employed	322 (30.1)	1		1
Unemployed	2287 (37.0)	1.36 (1.06–1.75)	0.016	0.86 (0.64–1.15)	0.312
Menopause status
Premenopausal	1311 (25.6)	1		1
Postmenopausal	1369 (45.7)	2.45 (2.08–2.89)	<0.001	1.41 (1.10–1.82)	0.007

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; MetS: metabolic syndrome; CVD: cardiovascular disease.
aUnivariate logistic regression.
bMultivariate logistic regression analysis including MetS as the dependent variable and age groups, residence area, marital status, family history of CVD, educational level, occupation, and menopause status as independent variables.