Research Article

Association of the Risk of Osteoarthritis and Hypertension in the Korean Adult Population Aged 40–59 in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women: Using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2012–2016 Data

Table 3

Characteristics of the groups with and without hypertension according to the menopause status.

CharacteristicsTotal nPreMp (n = 2,408) valueTotal nMp (n = 2,219) value
Non-HTN (n = 2,228)
n (%)
HTN (n = 180)
n (%)
Non-HTN (n = 1,726)
n (%)
HTN (n = 493)
n (%)

Age (years)40–4920181900 (94.2)118 (5.8)<0.001200174 (87.0)26 (13.0)<0.001
50–59390328 (84.1)62 (15.9)20191552 (76.9)467 (23.1)

SmokingSmoking124112 (90.3)12 (9.7)0.61311386 (76.1)27 (23.9)0.801
Past9992 (92.9)7 (7.1)6952 (75.4)17 (24.6)
Nonsmoking21762017 (92.7)159 (7.3)20261579 (77.9)447 (22.1)

Alcohol consumptionNo378349 (92.3)29 (7.7)0.574434335 (77.2)99 (22.8)0.097
<1/ma903837 (92.7)66 (7.3)835673 (80.6)162 (19.4)
>1/ma877822 (93.7)55 (6.3)580441 (76.0)139 (24.0)

OANo23032142 (93.0)161 (7.0)<0.00118451462 (79.2)383 (20.8)<0.001
Yes10586 (81.9)19 (18.1)374264 (70.6)110 (29.4)

BMI (Kg/m2)Low (<18.5)9695 (99.0)1 (1.0)<0.0015049 (98.0)1 (2.0)<0.001
Normal (18.5 to <25)16681578 (94.6)90 (5.4)14581228 (84.2)230 (15.8)
Obesity (≥25)639550 (86.1)89 (13.9)709447 (63.0)262 (37.0)

ClinicalMean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
Age240845.3 (3.7)47.8 (3.8)<0.001221954.1 (3.6)55.2 (3.1)<0.001
EQ-5D24061.0 (0.1)1.0 (0.1)0.05422190.9 (0.1)0.9 (0.1)0.018
SBP (mmHg)2401111.0 (14.4)124.3 (14.4)<0.0012217115.7 (15.7)128.4 (16.6)<0.001
DBP (mmHg)240173.7 (9.5)81.8 (9.9)<0.001221775.2 (9.3)81.2 (9.9)<0.001
FBS (mg/dL)231695.3 (17.7)104.6 (28.0)<0.001211898.6 (21.6)106.9 (35.0)<0.001
TG (mg/dL)2317106.7 (74.2)146.9 (104.4)<0.0012118126.1 (87.7)152.2 (144.8)<0.001
Chol (mg/dL)2317191.2 (32.3)194.1 (37.1)0.3252118207.3 (36.4)195.4 (37.0)<0.001
HDL-C (mg/dL)231755.7 (12.5)51.5 (11.8)<0.001211854.4 (12.6)51.1 (12.0)<0.001
AST (IU/L)231719.2 (8.6)22.7 (15.2)0.003211822.6 (9.4)25.0 (18.5)0.006
ALT (IU/L)231716.5 (13.8)23.3 (22.8)<0.001211820.2 (13.0)24.7 (18.9)<0.001
CREA (mg/dL)23170.7 (0.1)0.7 (0.2)0.14421180.7 (0.1)0.7 (0.4)<0.001

OA: osteoarthritis; Mp: menopause; HTN: hypertension; SD: standard deviation; EQ-5D: euro quality of life-5 dimensions; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBS: fasting blood sugar; TG: triglyceride; Chol: cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; CREA: creatinine. a1/m = 1 glass per month.