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RMJ. 2020; 45(3): 541-544


Hematological parameters in Metabolic Syndrome in pre and post-menopausal women

Khalida Shaikh, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari, Jamshed Warsi.




Abstract

Objective: To estimate the frequency of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among apparently healthy pre and post-menopausal women and association of hematological parameters with the risk factors of MetS like cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus type 2 in pre and post-menopausal women.
Methodology: This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of Physiology, University of Sindh with collaboration of LUH (Liaquat University Hospital and Diagnostic & Research, (DR) Laboratory LUMHS on 137 participants purposively selected who underwent a general health examination attending LUH OPD & private clinic, without MetS knowledge. Females between 25 to 65 years of age, who were not taking any medication, with previous history of regular menstrual cycle (premenopausal women) & who underwent natural menopause (post-menopausal women) were included in the study.
Results: We found 59.9% prevalence of MetS, higher in post-menopausal compared to pre-menopausal subjects. The distribution of individual risk components of MetS were statistically highly significant in post-menopausal subjects (p

Key words: Metabolic syndrome, pre-menopause, post-menopause, hematological parameters, MetS.






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