African Journal of Allied Health Sciences
Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk Indices of Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women in Delta State, Nigeria
By ME Adu.
Abstract
Background
Non communicable diseases have taken the centre stage as the cause of death with the upsurge in cardiovascular diseases. Menopause is an age-related transition that is accompanied with physical, psychological as well as physiological changes as a result of hormonal imbalance. This has exposed women to many non-communicable diseases.
Aim
The aim of this study was to assess the cardiovascular risk indices of premenopausal and postmenopausal women in Delta State.
Methods
A cross-sectional study involving sixty- three postmenopausal and two hundred and thirteen premenopausal women to assess their cardiovascular risk indices. Glucose, total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) were analysed spectrophotometrically using enzymatic methods. Low density lipoprotein (LDL), very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), atherogenic coefficient (AC), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), cardiac risk ratio (CRR) and non-high-density lipoprotein (NHDL) were calculated using appropriate formula.