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Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics according to menopausal status

From: Association between salivary pH and metabolic syndrome in women: a cross-sectional study

  

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/m 2 )

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

   

use (%)

 

0

  

54.5

 

<0.001

  1. 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.
  2. a : n for PMW =54 and n for MW = 139.
  3. b : n for PMW =34 and n for MW = 74.
  4. Mean ± SD. NS: p > 0.1.
  5. *P-values were obtained after the log10-transpormation of the data, and geometric means are shown.
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