title: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in pre- and post-menopausal women attending a tertiary clinic in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among pre- and post-menopausal women attending a tertiary clinic in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study consisting of one hundred and eighty healthy postmenopausal women and fifty-three healthy premenopausal women evaluated for presence or absence of metabolic syndrome. The t test and Fischer exact test were used for continuous variables and chi-square test was used for categorical variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among pre-menopausal women was 15.09% according to NCEP criteria. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women was 19.44% according to NCEP criteria. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome between premenopausal and postmenopausal women in our study population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no significant difference in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome between premenopausal and postmenopausal women attending a tertiary clinic in Turkey.
authors: Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul, Turkey. tevfik.yoldemir@gmail.com
authors: Tevfik
authors: T
authors: Yoldemir
authors: Mithat
authors: M
authors: Erenus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000209:etiology; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications; D017698:Postmenopause; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017697:Premenopause; D015995:Prevalence; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology