Academic Editor: Panagiotis Anagnostis
Background: Imbalance of testosterone/estradiol ratio are frequently
reported to be associated with the risk of cardiometabolic diseases; however,
studies have yet to report the testosterone/estradiol ratio and its relationship
to cardiometabolic diseases in women at menopause transition. This study aimed to
explore the association between
testosterone/estradiol ratio with cardiometabolic diseases in women during their
menopausal transition age. Methods: 551 women aged from 45 to 55 years
old were involved in this study. Their baseline information, disease comorbidity,
blood biochemical tests, echocardiography and serum sex hormones were collected.
Women were categorized by tertile distribution of testosterone/estradiol ratio.
We used binary logistic regression model (for odds ratio) and poissoon loglinear
model (for prevalence ratio) to evaluate the association between testosterone/estradiol ratio with cardiometabolic diseases.
Results: The mean age of the study population was 48.6