Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants, grouped by sex, menstrual states and MS states

MS

Y (n = 973)

N (n = 1841)

Y (n = 237)

N (n = 746)

Y (n = 1763)

N (n = 1929)

Age (yrs)

59.4 ± 9.2

58.9 ± 9.1

47.7 ± 4.0***

46.0 ± 3.8

61.2 ± 7.5***

57.7 ± 7.6

Ht (cm)

169.1 ± 5.9***

167.4 ± 6.2

159.1 ± 5.3

158.5 ± 5.2

156.5 ± 5.6

156.6 ± 5.4

Wt (kg)

77.4 ± 8.2***

65.8 ± 8.4

67.3 ± 8.8***

57.6 ± 7.2

64.3 ± 8.4***

56.2 ± 7.5

BMI (kg/m2)

27.1 ± 2.4***

23.5 ± 2.5

26.6 ± 3.0***

22.9 ± 2.6

26.3 ± 3.0***

22.9 ± 2.8

WC (cm)

95.8 ± 5.3***

84.0 ± 6.9

87.7 ± 6.6***

76.8 ± 7.1

89.2 ± 7.2***

78.4 ± 8.1

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.08 ± 0.25***

1.25 ± 0.31

1.16 ± 0.24***

1.39 ± 0.32

1.24 ± 0.28***

1.44 ± 0.37

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.71 ± 0.76

2.72 ± 0.74

2.66 ± 0.71

2.62 ± 0.72

2.92 ± 0.82

2.93 ± 0.79

TG (mmol/L)

2.13 ± 1.50***

1.41 ± 0.99

2.09 ± 1.41***

1.09 ± 0.64

2.01 ± 1.28***

1.27 ± 0.76

TC (mmol/L)

4.66 ± 1.01

4.62 ± 0.94

4.66 ± 0.94

4.60 ± 0.92

5.07 ± 1.08

5.10 ± 1.02

FPG (mmol/L)

6.77 ± 1.84***

6.16 ± 1.73

6.30 ± 1.99***

5.39 ± 1.02

6.58 ± 1.80***

5.63 ± 1.14

SBP (mmHg)

138.04 ± 16.01***

129.23 ± 16.45

131.17 ± 18.96***

117.53 ± 13.21

137.96 ± 16.42***

124.12 ± 16.13

DBP (mmHg)

83.61 ± 10.09***

78.80 ± 10.35

82.31 ± 10.82***

73.88 ± 9.54

79.46 ± 9.75***

74.39 ± 9.64

Regular exercise (%)

41.7

45.3

40.9

40.2

41.9

39.6

Current smoking (%)

23.3

22.3

7.2

7.5

7.1

6.6

Current alcohol intake (%)

15.3

13.8

3.0

4.7

4.5

3.7