The Metabolic Syndrome among Postmenopausal Women in Gorgan

Table 1

Baseline data of postmenopausal women (total subjects and subjects with and without metabolic syndrome).

Parameters	Total number of postmenopausal women	Postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome	Postmenopausal women without metabolic syndrome	𝑃 value
All women, no. (%)	100	31	69
Age (years)	54.32 ± 5.26	54.51 ± 5.31	54.31 ± 5.39	0.865
Years since menopause	5.36 ± 3.38	5.0 ± 3.54	5.62 ± 3.37	0.403
BMI, kg/m^2	30.98 ± 5.52	33.68 ± 5.40	29.77 ± 5.17	0.001
WC, cm	91.12 ± 11.70	97.98 ± 9.47	88.04 ± 11.34	<0.001
Hip circumference, cm	104.61 ± 9.23	109.03 ± 10.43	102.62 ± 7.95	0.001
WHR	0.87 ± 0.09	0.89 ± 0.07	0.84 ± 0.13	0.030
SBP, mmHg	150.23 ± 17.02	160.0 ± 20.45	135.32 ± 1.83	0.505
DBP, mmHg	78.72 ± 1.24	83.61 ± 1.10	76.52 ± 1.25	0.008
FBS, mg/dL	107.66 ± 63.53	143.45 ± 100.38	91.57 ± 24.17	0.008
TG, mg/dL	122.94 ± 91.67	171.90 ± 124.20	100.94 ± 62.0	<0.001
T-Chol, mg/dL	210.87 ± 49.28	219.71 ± 49.80	206.90 ± 48.88	0.231
HDL-Chol, mg/dL	46.49 ± 14.23	42.54 ± 8.60	48.26 ± 15.86	0.022
LDL-Chol, mg/dL	129.32 ± 40.52	128.32 ± 44.23	129.77 ± 39.07	0.870

BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, WHR: waist-to-hip ratio, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, FBS: fasting blood glucose, TG: triglyceride, T-CHOL: total cholesterol, HDL-CHOL: HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-CHOL: LDL-cholesterol.