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. 2014 Feb;8(2):62-4.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/6457.4009. Epub 2014 Feb 3.

Cardiovascular disease and menopause

Rupal Dosi  1 , Nikita Bhatt  2 , Priyanki Shah  3 , Rushad Patell  4
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Cardiovascular disease and menopause

Rupal Dosi et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study was to study the abnormalities in the cardiovascular profile in postmenopausal Indian women and to compare the same with the cardiovascular profile of pre menopausal Indian women belonging to the same age group; taken as controls. The goal was to throw some light on the cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women of the Indian population as this population is thought to be at higher risk than their western counterparts and significant studies of the same kind in this population have been few.

Materials and methods: A cross-sectional comparative study on 100 women who were either postmenopausal or premenopausal and were between the age group of 40 to 55 years was carried out over a period of ten months at our hospital. The variations in the cardiovascular profile between both groups were studied. All the women were subjected to a detailed history, thorough examination, investigations and imaging studies.

Results: The evaluation revealed that Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), hypertension, abnormal Body Mass Index (BMI) and abnormal Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) were significantly higher in the postmenopausal group as compared to the premenopausal group. The post menopausal women had significantly higher prevalence of abnormal lipid profiles as compared to their premenopausal counterparts. The postmenopausal women with a normal lipid profile also had increased prevalence of CAD and SAHT, which emphasizes the non-lipid cardiovascular benefits of estrogen.

Conclusion: Thus, we can conclude that cardiovascular disease was more common in postmenopausal women of age group 40-55 years as compared to those not yet achieved menopause in a population of western Indian women. And this risk was significantly associated with central obesity, an abnormal lipid profile and the postmenopausal state in itself.

Keywords: Coronary artery disease; Estrogen; Menopause.

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Prevelance of CHD, SAHT, abnormal BMI and abnromal WHR in cases and controls of the Study
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Prevalence of CAD and SAHT in women with normal lipid profile
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Cardiovascular Effects Of Estrogen
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