Table 1.
Characteristics of women in the NHANES III according to menopausal status
| Variable | Premenopausal | Natural menopause | Surgical menopause | All participants |
| Participants, n | 4156 | 3047 | 459 | 7662 |
| Age (years) | 34 | 63 | 58 | 46 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
| Diuretic use (%) | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Hypertension (%) | 14 | 43 | 37 | 25 |
| Alcohol intake (servings/day) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Total meat intake (servings/day) | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Seafood intake (servings/day) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Dairy food intake (servings/day) | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Sweetened soft drink intake (servings/day) | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Coffee intake (servings/day) | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Uric acid drug usea (%) | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Data are presented incorporating sample weights and adjusted for clusters and strata of the complex sample design of NHANES III. aAllopurinol and uricosuric agents.