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Table 6 Age-matched analysis of premenopausal and postmenopausal women

From: Menopause and obstructive sleep apnea: revealing an independent mediating role of visceral fat beyond body mass index

Baseline

Premenopausal women (N = 164)

Postmenopausal women (N = 41)

P-value

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Age (years)

40.51(8.08)

42.07(4.58)

0.24

BMI (kg/m2)

31.48(8.12)

32.68(7.13)

0.39

Waist circumference (cm)

99.88(17.73)

104.27(16.93)

0.15

Total abdominal fat (kg)

2.65(1.04)

2.94(0.99)

0.11

Visceral fat (kg)

0.52(0.28)

0.63(0.27)

0.02

Subcutaneous fat (kg)

2.14(0.85)

2.31(0.79)

0.23

Android fat (kg)

2.80(1.52)

3.16(1.46)

0.18

Gynoid fat (kg)

5.76(2.14)

5.72(1.58)

0.92

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

OSA symptoms, n (%)

75(45.7)

28(68.3)

0.02

  1. Significant results are in bold
  2. Continuous variables were presented as mean (SD), and categorical variables as N (%)
  3. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, OSA Obstructive sleep apnea