Table 1.

Means of clinical and laboratory characteristics of the subjects

Variable	Overall	Pre-menopause	Post-menopause	P value
	(n = 1802)	(n = 1094)	(n = 708)
Age, years	39.98 ± 13.97	31.36 ± 9.24	53.31 ± 8.49	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	21.88 ± 3.97	21.87 ± 3.99	21.89 ± 3.94	0.95
Waist circumference, cm	76.83 ± 8.32	76.89 ± 8.54	76.73 ± 7.98	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	116.93 ± 21.38	110.56 ± 17.95	126 ± 22.51	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	75.53 ± 10.78	73.00 ± 9.80	79.44 ± 11.07	<0.001
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L	6.22 ± 2.72	5.77 ± 2.12	6.91 ± 3.35	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	181.09 ± 72.32	176.15 ± 70.00	188.75 ± 75.18	<0.001
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	41.38 ± 30.47	37.34 ± 17.69	45.69 ± 43.20	<0.001
Triglyceride, mg/dL	130.02 ± 109.95	114.79 ± 92.64	153.60 ± 128.94	0.007

Values are Mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index, HDL cholesterol: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol.