Incidence of increased serum cholesterol levels,in the early age postmenopause women

Objective: to determine changes in serum cholesterol levels in early age postmenopause women. methodology: a comparative and cross-sectional study was performed at the department of physiology b.m.s.i.,j.p.m.c.,karachi in collaboration with the abbassi shaheed hospital and national institute for cardiovascular diseases,karachi. this study included a total of 100 women,50 with early age post menopause and 50 with normal age post menopause. for the statistical analysis,the degree of probability was computed by comparing the calculated value of t with tabulated value in the table of t distribution against the degree of freedom. results: serum cholesterol levels were found to be significant with a p-value of <0.05 in the early age post menopause women. conclusion: early age post menopause women are more likely to develop a risk for cardiovascular disorders as they were found to have an increase in the serum cholesterol levels.