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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-29
pubmed:abstractText
The relation between menopause and serum total and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol was examined by the Minnesota Heart Survey in a cross-sectional, population-based study of 344 black women and 474 white women aged 35-54 years from the Twin Cities metropolitan area in 1985-1986. Analysis of covariance was used to examine differences in serum total and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in black women and white women by menopausal status, adjusting for the effects of age, educational level, cigarette smoking, body mass index, exercise, alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, sex hormone, beta blocker, and diuretic use. Among whites, adjusted serum total cholesterol was 13 mg/dl higher in postmenopausal than in premenopausal women (p less than 0.002). Black postmenopausal women had slightly higher serum total cholesterol than did their premenopausal counterparts (5.4 mg/dl). However, this was not statistically significant. An interaction term in a linear regression model confirmed a racial difference in the total cholesterol association with menopause (p less than 0.02). The higher total cholesterol levels observed in white postmenopausal women were mainly among those with natural menopause (20.7 mg/dl higher than premenopausal, p less than 0.0003) and those with a hysterectomy and at least one intact ovary (11.0 mg/dl higher, p = 0.05). Among black women, only the subgroup with a hysterectomy and a bilateral oophorectomy had a significantly higher serum total cholesterol (19.9 mg/dl higher than premenopausal, p less than 0.05). There was no significant association between high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and any type of menopause in either black women or white women. Our findings may reflect a true physiologic difference in the relation between menopause and serum total cholesterol between American blacks and whites. The lack of a significant association between menopause and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in either race raises the possibility that menopause may not affect atherosclerosis risk via reduced high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
136
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-African Americans, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Cholesterol, HDL, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Confounding Factors (Epidemiology), pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Diabetes Mellitus, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Diuretics, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Educational Status, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Exercise, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Gonadal Steroid Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Hysterectomy, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Menopause, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Minnesota, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Ovariectomy, pubmed-meshheading:1357959-Smoking
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Menopause and serum cholesterol: differences between blacks and whites. The Minnesota Heart Survey.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.