Table 1. Baseline ARIC characteristics by menopausal status, 1987-1989*.
| Pre-/Perimenopausal
n=1665 |
Postmenopausal
n=3053 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 49.1 ± 0.11 | 56.4 ± 0.08 | <0.0001 |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 1311 (78.7) | 2177 (71.3) | <0.0001 |
| African-American | 354 (21.3) | 876 (28.7) | |
| Smoking Status | |||
| Current | 297 (17.9) | 669 (21.9) | 0.003 |
| Former | 415 (24.9) | 693 (22.7) | |
| Never | 951 (57.2) | 1690 (55.4) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | |||
| <25.0 | 734 (44.1) | 1136 (37.2) | <0.0001 |
| 25.0-29.9 | 492 (29.5) | 1009 (33.1) | |
| >29.9 | 439 (26.4) | 908 (29.7) | |
| Diabetes | 109 (6.6) | 319 (10.5) | <0.0001 |
| Lipid Lowering Medications | 8 (0.5) | 108 (3.6) | <0.0001 |
| HRT use | |||
| Current | 249 (15.5) | 654 (22.2) | <0.0001 |
| Former | 1216 (75.8) | 1780 (60.4) | |
| Never | 140 (8.7) | 514 (17.4) | |
| LDL-c, mg/dL | 124.54 ± 0.88 | 141.08 ± 0.65 | <0.0001 |
| HDL-c, mg/dL | 58.09 ± 0.38 | 58.03 ± 0.28 | 0.89 |
Values are N (%) for categorical variables and mean ± standard error for continuous variables.
*
We used the dataset for hepatic lipase (n=4876), and 158 women were missing on menopausal status at baseline in this dataset.