Table 1.

Characteristics of sample women in general and according to their menopausal status

Characteristic	All (n=1,839)	Menopausal Status
		Pre-menopausal (n=1,121)	Post-menopausal (n=718)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Socio-demographic
Age (in years)	48.45±6.02	45.04±3.75**	53.79±4.92
Body mass index (kg/m2)	24.33±4.37	24.84±4.25**	23.53±4.43
Proportion overweight and obese (%)	42.20	46.21**	35.93
Number of pregnancies	6.57±3.03	6.00±2.71**	7.45±3.29
Education (in years)	6.86±3.24	7.16±2.97**	6.38±3.57
Urbanicity index	40.21±13.72	40.89±13.27**	39.17±14.32
Household assets score	5.21±1.92	5.32±1.88**	5.04±1.97
Coconut oil intake (grams/day)	9.54±8.92	10.26±9.20**	8.42±8.36
Lipid profiles
Total cholesterol (mg/L)	186.52±38.86	181.62±36.39**	194.17±41.13
HDL-c (mg/dL)	40.85±10.30	41.36±10.11*	40.03±10.53
LDL-c (mg/dL)	119.42±33.21	115.85±31.33**	125.01±35.26
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	130.75±85.29	121.42±68.27**	145.32±104.97
TC/HDL	4.80±1.41	4.59±1.25**	5.13±1.57

^*significant at p<0.05

^**significant at p<0.01