Research Article

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women in Ho Municipality: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Prevalence of components of metabolic syndrome among the study participants.

ComponentsTotal
(%)
Postmenopausal
(%)
Premenopausal
(%)
value

ā€‰185 (100.00)97 (52.43)88 (47.57)ā€‰
Abdominal obesity127 (68.65)80 (82.47)47 (53.41)<0.001
High blood pressure50 (27.03)35 (36.08)15 (17.05)0.005
Hyperglycemia64 (34.59)49 (50.52)15 (17.05)<0.001
Elevated TG29 (15.68)19 (19.59)10 (11.36)0.157
Low HDL40 (21.62)17 (17.53)23 (26.14)0.210

Data is presented as frequencies and percentages in parentheses. value is significant at <0.05.