“…This finding can be explained by the fact that age is one of the important risk factors for CVD development 19,20,30 and the studied population had a mean age of 44.18 ± 14.42 years, suggesting that women who participated of this study did not yet have some of the assessed morbidities, since they were still fertile (10 to 49 years). 34,35 During menopause, changes in body fat distribution increase the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. 35,36 In a study carried out in Africa with 169 postmenopausal women, abdominal circumference was correlated with systemic arterial hypertension.…”