Difference in blood pressure between early and late menopausal transition was significant in healthy Korean women

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Table 3 The effect of menopausal transition on hypertension

	Univariate	P-value	Multivariate	P-value
Menopausal status
Early menopausal transition vs. Premenopause	1.218(0.743–1.997)	0.43	1.168(0.639–2.136)	0.61
Late vs. Early menopausal transition	1.848(1.125–3.035)	0.02	1.877(1.009–3.495)	0.04
Postmenopause vs. Late menopausal transition	1.067(0.747–1.523)	0.72	0.801(0.507–1.264)	0.34
WC	1.067(1.049–1.084)	<0.01	1.036(1.011–1.060)	<0.01
Menopause symptoms
Vasomotor	1.179(1.079–1.290)	<0.01	1.125(0.999–1.267)	0.06
Glucose	1.028(1.020–1.035)	<0.01	1.014(1.005–1.024)	<0.01
LDL-cholesterol	0.999(0.994–1.003)	0.57	0.992(0.986–0.997)	<0.01
HOMA-IR	1.563(1.397–1.749)	<0.01	1.186(1.013–1.389)	0.03
Uric acid	1.575(1.361–1.823)	<0.01	1.345(1.103–1.642)	<0.01

Data reported as odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)
Abbreviations: WC waist circumference; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; GGT gamma-glutamyltransferase; FreeT3 free triiodothyronine; Univariate simple logistic regression for each independent variable; Multivariate multiple logistic regression adjusted by menopausal status, age, WC, smoking, vasomotor symptom, psychosocial symptom, physical symptom, sexual symptom, glucose, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, HOMA-IR, GGT, FreeT3, and uric acid with variable selection using backward elimination (significance level for stay=0.15)

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