| All (n = 2104) | Menopause staging at baseline | Age at menopause | |||||||||
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Reproductive (n = 1252) | Perimenopause (n = 309) | Early postmenopause (n = 283) | Late postmenopause (n = 260) | P value | < 45 years (n = 160) | 45–49 years (n = 790) | 50–51 years (n = 506) | 52–53 years (n = 375) | ≥ 54 years (n = 273) | P value | ||
Age at baseline (years old), mean ± SD | 45.2 ± 7.8 | 39.9 ± 3.5 | 48.9 ± 4.4 | 53.0 ± 3.9 | 57.6 ± 4.4 | < 0.001 | 47.0 ± 8.1 | 43.6 ± 7.1 | 46.2 ± 8.1 | 45.2 ± 7.8 | 46.7 ± 7.9 | < 0.001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 23.9 ± 3.4 | 23.9 ± 3.5 | 24.2 ± 3.3 | 23.8 ± 3.2 | 23.6 ± 3.1 | 0.29 | 24.4 ± 3.5 | 23.9 ± 3.5 | 23.5 ± 3.3 | 24.0 ± 3.2 | 24.0 ± 3.4 | 0.02 |
Smoking, n (%) | 18 (0.9) | 7 (0.6) | 6 (1.9) | 2 (0.7) | 3 (1.2) | 0.11 | 0 (0.0) | 7 (0.9) | 8 (1.6) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.7) | 0.19 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean ± SD | 119.2 ± 18.1 | 114.5 ± 15.2 | 123.0 ± 17.9 | 125.2 ± 18.9 | 130.9 ± 22.1 | < 0.001 | 121.9 ± 18.6 | 118.1 ± 17.7 | 119.3 ± 19.0 | 119.3 ± 17.8 | 120.3 ± 17.6 | 0.12 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean ± SD | 75.6 ± 10.5 | 73.6 ± 9.7 | 77.9 ± 11.1 | 78.4 ± 10.8 | 79.9 ± 11.1 | < 0.001 | 77.2 ± 10.7 | 75.1 ± 10.5 | 75.6 ± 10.7 | 75.5 ± 10.3 | 76.4 ± 10.5 | 0.11 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 347 (16.5) | 119 (9.5) | 71 (23.1) | 74 (26.1) | 83 (31.9) | < 0.001 | 31 (19.4) | 124 (15.7) | 82 (16.2) | 58 (15.5) | 52 (19.0) | 0.57 |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 4.67 ± 0.88 | 4.40 ± 0.77 | 4.84 ± 0.86 | 5.11 ± 0.82 | 5.29 ± 0.86 | < 0.001 | 4.93 ± 0.83 | 4.61 ± 0.86 | 4.72 ± 0.89 | 4.66 ± 0.91 | 4.63 ± 0.86 | 0.001 |
Triglyceride (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 1.09 ± 0.74 | 1.00 ± 0.64 | 1.14 ± 0.79 | 1.23 ± 0.98 | 1.36 ± 0.73 | < 0.001 | 1.23 ± 0.74 | 1.00 ± 0.54 | 1.10 ± 0.87 | 1.15 ± 0.73 | 1.17 ± 0.93 | < 0.001 |
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 1.52 ± 0.36 | 1.51 ± 0.36 | 1.55 ± 0.36 | 1.58 ± 0.37 | 1.47 ± 0.34 | 0.001 | 1.52 ± 0.36 | 1.55 ± 0.36 | 1.51 ± 0.35 | 1.51 ± 0.35 | 1.47 ± 0.35 | 0.04 |
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 2.93 ± 0.83 | 2.69 ± 0.74 | 3.07 ± 0.82 | 3.29 ± 0.81 | 3.55 ± 0.82 | < 0.001 | 3.16 ± 0.81 | 2.86 ± 0.81 | 2.99 ± 0.85 | 2.92 ± 0.88 | 2.92 ± 0.79 | 0.001 |
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L), mean ± SD | 5.28 ± 0.91 | 5.20 ± 0.89 | 5.33 ± 0.82 | 5.34 ± 0.78 | 5.58 ± 1.16 | < 0.001 | 5.35 ± 0.96 | 5.28 ± 1.02 | 5.28 ± 0.76 | 5.28 ± 0.90 | 5.28 ± 0.84 | 0.94 |
Type 2 diabetes, n (%) | 50 (2.4) | 24 (1.9) | 8 (2.6) | 8 (2.8) | 10 (3.9) | 0.27 | 2 (1.3) | 25 (3.2) | 10 (2.0) | 5 (1.3) | 8 (2.9) | 0.25 |