Research Article

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women in Ho Municipality: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Anthropometric, hemodynamic, and biochemical factors among study participants.

ParameterTotalPostmenopausalPremenopausal value

Anthropometric
 Weight (kg)69.00 (39.00-150.00)70.00 (39.00-121)69.50 (47.00-106.00)0.377
 Height (m)1.58 (1.44-1.85)1.56 (1.44-1.85)1.61 (1.44-1.83)0.003
 WC (cm)96.00 (54.00-138.00)100.00 (54.00-138.00)89.50 (57.00-138.00)<0.001
 BMI (kg/m2)27.10 (14.30-47.00)28.50 (14.30-47.40)25.70 (19.50-43.20)0.028
Hemodynamic
 SBP (mmHg)127.10 (90.00-207.00)131.00 (94.00-188.00)118.0 (90.0-207.0)<0.001
 DBP (mmHg)80.00 (51.00-127.00)82.00 (60.00-115.00)78.0 (51.0-127.0)0.016
Biochemical
 FBG (mmol/L)5.32 (3.29-22.20)6.24 (3.69-17.14)4.87 (3.48-16.28)0.003
 TC (mmol/L)5.50 (2.47-10.50)5.63 (3.20-10.50)5.23 (2.47-8.79)0.004
 TG (mmol/L)0.99 (0.14-3.54)1.17 (0.14-3.54)0.76 (0.37-2.42)<0.001
 HDL (mmol/L)0.092
 GGT (U/L)25.00 (4.00-148.00)29.00 (4.00-148.00)20.00 (7.00-118.00)0.001
 AST (U/L)21.00 (10.00-95.00)21.00 (12.00-95.0022.00 (10.00-67.00)0.191
 ALT (U/L)15.00 (4.00-67.00)16.00 (6.00-67.00)13.00 (4.00-150.00)0.008
 VLDL (mmol/L)0.45 (0.06-1.61)0.53 (0.06-1.61)0.35 (0.17-1.10)<0.001
 LDL (mmol/L)3.75 (1.30-8.15)3.91 (3.20-10.50)3.64 (1.48-6.37)0.007

Data is presented as median with minimum and maximum in parentheses for nonparametric data and for parametric data. value is significant at <0.05. BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; VLDL: very low-density lipoprotein; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase.