Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Levels Are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Post-Menopausal Korean Women.

ABSTRACT: : Menopause compounds many cardiometabolic risk factors through endogenous estrogen withdrawal. This study aimed to find the association between serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels and cardiometabolic risk factors in post-menopausal Korean women. A total of 608 post-menopausal women from eight randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials on menopause during the year 2012-2019 were analyzed. Cardiometabolic risk factors such as body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), and TG/HDL-C ratio were significantly improved as the FSH quartiles increased. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the number of components of MetS decreased as FSH quartiles increased. In regression an

SUBMITTER: Jung ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7230188 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature