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.
Components
Total (%)
Postmenopausal (%)
Premenopausal (%)
value
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185 (100.00)
97 (52.43)
88 (47.57)
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Abdominal obesity
127 (68.65)
80 (82.47)
47 (53.41)
<0.001
High blood pressure
50 (27.03)
35 (36.08)
15 (17.05)
0.005
Hyperglycemia
64 (34.59)
49 (50.52)
15 (17.05)
<0.001
Elevated TG
29 (15.68)
19 (19.59)
10 (11.36)
0.157
Low HDL
40 (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.