Abstract

Dyslipidemia is highly prevalent among women. Women undergo a number of hormonal changes throughout their lives that have significant effects on lipoprotein metabolism. With menopause, women experience a worsening of their lipid profile with transition to higher and more atherogenic dyslipidemia. Objectives: The present study aims to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia in postmenopausal women and the factors associated with it. Methodology: The present study was conducted on the patients attending the outpatient and inpatient department of General Medicine, VIMS and also patients referred from other departments of VIMS combined group of hospitals of MCH, Ballari. Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria’s were enrolled in the study. A pre-tested, semi-structure questionnaire was used for data collection and statistical analysis was done to obtain the results. Conclusion: This study concludes that majority of the women in this study had deranged lipid profiles in the form of high LDL levels and low HDL levels and had vascular complications without any other risk factor or any systemic diseases previously. Hence screening for dyslipidemia in postmenopausal women is recommended.

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