Hadis Eskandari
Islamic Azad Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran
Title: Investigating the association between metabolic syndrome and menopause age, number of births, and sexual performance in postmenopausal women at 5 health centers in Tehran
Biography
Biography: Hadis Eskandari
Abstract
It is well known that metabolic syndrome as an assemblage of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes is a challenging problem among menopausal women. The main objective of this study is to investigate the age of menopause and the number of births and the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women. This study was conducted on 330 postmenopausal women referring to health centers in 5 districts of Tehran, Iran. Data were obtained through an interview containing demographic information, Age of menopause number of births, measurement of HDL-C, TG, blood pressure, waist circumference, and fasting blood glucose. Also, the definition of metabolic syndrome provided by the third panel of adult treatment (III Adult treatment) was used.