Cholesterol jumps with menopause: Study

According to the study published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology,this seems to be true of all women,regardless of ethnicity.

“As they approach menopause,many women show a very striking increase in cholesterol levels,which in turn increases risk for later heart disease,” said lead author Karen A Matthews.

The team,over a 10-year period,studied 1,054 American women as they went through menopause. Each year the researchers tested the participants for cholesterol,blood pressure,and other heart disease risk factors such as blood glucose and insulin.

As they approached menopause,many women showed a very striking increase in cholesterol levels ,which in turn increases risk for later heart disease.