1Tutor, Department of Biochemistry, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra (India)
2Professor and HOD, Department of Biochemistry, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra (India)
3Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra (India)
4Statistician, Directorate of Research, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed To Be University”, Karad, Maharashtra, India
*Author Correspondence: Dhirajkumar A Mane Department of Biochemistry, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra (India)-415539. Mobile: +91-8329965176, Email ID- anujapawar001@gmail.com
Online published on 1 November, 2018.
Menopause is the time when last and final menstruation occurs. Several studies have observed a higher incidence of CVD and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women compared with premenopausal women.
The study was aimed to estimate serum calcium, lipid profile and to find the correlation of calcium with lipid profile in healthy pre and postmenopausal women working in a tertiary care hospital.
An observational cross-sectional study was done on 120 subjects between the ages of 30–60 years working in a tertiary care hospital, Karad, Maharashtra from December 2016 to December 2017. They were assigned into premenopausal and postmenopausal group according to the occurrence of menopause.
In our study we found that an increase in serum calcium correlates with dyslipidemia in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women, but it is statistically significant only in the later group.
From this study we could conclude that an increase in serum calcium has an adverse effect on the lipid profile in the postmenopausal women. So, we suggest that calcium supplementation should be prescribed vigilantly in postmenopausal women so as to decrease the cardiovascular risk which is already increased owing to the aging process in these women.
Premenopausal women, postmenopausal women, calcium, lipid profile
