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      Atherogenic index of plasma and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors among postmenopausal rural women of Bangladesh

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          Objectives

          There is absolute lacking of evidences on atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among postmenopausal women of Bangladesh. This prompted us to investigate this association between AIP and CVD risk factors among postmenopausal women in a rural setting.

          Methods

          This cross-sectional study recruited 265 postmenopausal women aged 40–70 years who visited a primary health-care center of Bangladesh. We used modified STEP-wise approach for the Surveillance of Noncommunicable diseases risk factors questionnaire of the World Health Organization to collect data on sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors. Physical measurements were carried out following the method described in the ‘noncommunicable disease risk factors survey Bangladesh 2010’. AIP was determined by the logarithmic transformation of triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein ratio, and association with CVD risk factors were examined by multiple linear regression analysis.

          Results

          Overall 35.5% respondents had a high risk level of AIP with a mean of 0.16 ± 0.25. After adjusting the confounders, CVD risk factors including duration of menopause ( β = 0.606, p = 0.043), waist–hip ratio ( β = 0.165, p = 0.003), 2-h plasma glucose ( β = 0.118, p = 0.04), total cholesterol ( β = 1.082, p < 0.001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( β = −1.044, p < 0.001), and metabolic equivalent of tasks ( β = −0.171, p = 0.003) showed a significant association with AIP.

          Conclusion

          High AIP and its significant association with CVD risk factors demand proper lifestyle intervention for postmenopausal women of Bangladesh.

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                Journal
                Indian Heart J
                Indian Heart J
                Indian Heart Journal
                Elsevier
                0019-4832
                2213-3763
                Mar-Apr 2019
                03 May 2019
                : 71
                : 2
                : 155-160
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS), 125/1 Darus Salam, Mirpur-1, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh
                [b ]Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS), 125/1 Darus Salam, Mirpur-1, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh
                Author notes
                []Corresponding author. lingkanbarua@ 123456gmail.com
                Article
                S0019-4832(18)31153-2
                10.1016/j.ihj.2019.04.012
                6620423
                31280829
                1f12f031-f0fb-48c9-9d2c-75190993e43a
                © 2019 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V.

                This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

                History
                : 8 November 2018
                : 26 April 2019
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                cardiovascular risk factors,atherogenic index of plasma,lipid profile,postmenopausal women,bangladesh

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