Abstract: Objective To investigate the risk factors of prehypertension among postmenopausal women. Methods 2 592(43±12) health records of non hypertensive population women as the research object in Saihan District of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in April 2015，including 697(58±6) postmenopausal subjects and 1 895（37±8） premenopausal subjects．T test was used to compare means of blood pressure, fasting blood glucose (FBG), blood lipid, and body massive index (BMI) between postmenopausal group and premenopausal group. testwas performed to compare prevalence of prehypertension, hyperglycemias, dyslipidemias, overweight, and obesity between two groups. Logistic Regression was implemented to analyze the relativities between different risk factors and prehypertension among postmenopausal women. Results Compared with premenopausal women, the levels of systolic pressure, diastolicpressure, BMI, FBG, triacylglycerol (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) in postmenopausal womenwere significantly higher(P<0.05). Prevalence of prehypertension, impaired fasting glucose (IFG), diabetes, TG abnormalities, LDL abnormalities, overweight, and obesity in postmenopausal women were significantlyhigher than in premenopausal women(P<0.05). Age 55 to 59 , 60 to 64 and above 65 years overweight, obesity, IFG, and diabetes were the independent risk factors of prehypertension among postmenopausal women. Conclusion Age 55years and above, overweight, obesity, IFG, and diabetes are the independent risk factors of prehypertension among postmenopausal women.

Key words: Key words： Postmenopausal, Prehypertension, Riskfactors