Table 1.
Subjects’ characteristics according to menopausal status
| |
|
Pre-menopausal women |
|
|
Menopausal women |
|
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=55) | (n=143) | ||||||
|
Age (years) |
47.7 |
± |
6.6 |
63.9 |
± |
7.6 |
<0.001 |
|
Range |
24.0 |
- |
52.0 |
39.0 |
- |
82.0 |
|
|
BMI (kg/m2) |
27.0 |
± |
4.8 |
28.7 |
± |
5.4 |
0.040 |
|
Waist (cm) |
88.26 |
± |
11.73 |
93.11 |
± |
15.49 |
0.037 |
|
Salivary pH |
6.64 |
± |
0.34 |
6.70 |
± |
0.30 |
NS |
|
Glycemia (mmol/L) |
5.68 |
± |
2.08 |
5.76 |
± |
1.62 |
NS |
|
Glycerol (mmol/L) * |
0.07 |
± |
0.06 |
0.10 |
± |
0.05 |
<0.001 |
|
CT (mmol/L) |
5.79 |
± |
1.36 |
6.05 |
± |
1.05 |
NS |
|
HDL-C (mmol/L) |
1.35 |
± |
0.48 |
1.41 |
± |
0.33 |
NS |
|
TG (mmol/L) * |
1.36 |
± |
3.86 |
1.68 |
± |
1.65 |
0.031 |
|
Apo B (g/L) *a |
1.01 |
± |
0.28 |
1.08 |
± |
0.21 |
NS |
|
Systolic blood pressure |
120.0 |
± |
16.8 |
134.3 |
± |
18.1 |
<0.001 |
|
Diastolic blood pressure |
74.1 |
± |
9.0 |
72.7 |
± |
9. 2 |
NS |
|
T2DM (%) |
|
20.0 |
|
|
30.8 |
|
NS |
|
IGT or T2DM (%)b |
|
29.1 |
|
|
42.0 |
|
<0.001 |
|
Exogenous hormone |
|
|
|
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| use (%) | 0 | 54.5 | <0.001 | ||||
Abbreviations BMI: body mass index; CT: cholesterol total; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; Apo B: apolipoprotein B; T2DM: type 2. Diabetes Mellitus; IGT: impaired glucose tolerance.
a : n for PMW =54 and n for MW = 139.
b : n for PMW =34 and n for MW = 74.
Mean ± SD. NS: p > 0.1.
*P-values were obtained after the log10-transpormation of the data, and geometric means are shown.