Correspondence
Shilpa Shende
Assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry,
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Nagpur, India
Phone: 9372128381
E-maildr.shilpashende@yahoo.com

Background and Objectives: Menopause is the transition period in women’s life when her normal ovarian function of ovulation ceases.There is less estrogen and progesterone secretion. Since cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among post-menopausal women, the present study was undertaken to evaluate lipid profile status and C reactive protein (CRP) level in post-menopausal women and compare with premenopausal women.

Materials and Methods: 100 cases (post-menopausal women) were included in the study and 100 regularly menstruating women in the reproductive age group were taken as control. In both the study groups we have measured lipid profile which includes (Serum total cholesterol(TC), TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, VLDL-C), C-reactive protein(CRP) and Body mass index(BMI) as cardiovascular risk factors. Statistical analysis was done by students ‘t’-test.

Results: The results of this study shows significant increased level of serum total cholesterol, TG, LDL-C and VLDL-C in postmenopausal women compared to pre-menopausal women (p<0.001). While serum HDL-C level is significantly lower in cases compared to control(p<0.001). Present study also show elevated mean LDL-C to HDL-C ratio (4.8 + 0.73) in post-menopausal women compared to control(p<0.001). There was also increased level of CRP and BMI in cases compared to control(p<0.001).

Conclusion: The results of our study provide information that cardiovascular risk factors are elevated in post-menopausal women compared to pre-menopausal women so these women are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

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