• Miquel Martorell, Karina Ramírez-Alarcón, Ana María Labraña, Danahe Barrientos, Makarena Opazo, María Adela Martínez-Sanguinetti, Ana María Leiva, Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja, Nicole Lasserre-Laso, Gabriela Nazar, Carlos Celis-Morales, and Fanny Petermann-Rocha.
• Departamento de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2020 Feb 1; 148 (2): 178-186.

BackgroundMenopause exposes women to an increased cardiovascular risk.AimTo determine the association between menopause and cardiovascular risk factors in Chilean adult women using data from the National Health Survey (NHS) 2016-2017.Material And MethodsData from 2,139 women over 40 years of age participating in the NHS 2016-2017, with information about menopause and cardiovascular risk factors was used. Expansion factors were applied to this sample, obtaining an expanded sample of 3,733,191 participants. Laboratory values (blood glucose, triglycerides, HDL and total cholesterol) and anthropometric measurements (body weight, height and waist circumference) were analyzed. The presence of hypertension, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) were also recorded.ResultsSixty seven percent of surveyed women were menopausal and had higher systolic blood pressure than non-menopausal participants. Menopause was significantly associated with hypertension (Odds ratio (OR): 2.43 [95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.71; 3.45], p < 0.01) and diabetes (OR: 2.05 [95% CI: 1.32; 3.19], p < 0.01). However, no association was observed with obesity, abdominal obesity or MetS.ConclusionsIn these women, a positive association was identified between menopause and hypertension as well as diabetes.

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