Association of the Number of Years Since Menopause with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Chinese Urban Women

Abstract Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the association of years since menopause with MetS and Insulin Resistance (IR) in Chinese women. Method: A total of 4436 Chinese subjects aged 40–80 years participated in the study; 790 were premenopausal women, and 3646 were postmenopausal women. IR was arbitrarily defined as a homeostasis model assessment-IR index (HOMA-IR) value above the 75th percentile of normal glucose tolerance (NGT). MetS was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation consensus definition. To test whether there was an association between the number of years since menopause and MetS, multivariate logistic analysis was conducted. Premenopausal women were used as a comparison group in regression analyses. Results: After adjustment for age, body mass index (BMI), and γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), more years since menopause was highly associated with an increased risk of MetS (p for trend <0.05) ; the number of years since men...