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Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleCVD continues to cause significant morbidity and mor-tality in those women [1,2]. In fact, the incidence of CVD is higher in menopausal women compared to women of other age groups and men of similar ages [3]. CVD is projected to remain the single leading cause of death globally and by 2020 almost 23.6 million people crease in CVD risk among menopausal women is mostly due to estrogen deprivation, which directly affects CVD risk factors such as dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, over-weight, or hypertension at the time of menopause [5]. Dyslipidemia arises as a result of abnormal blood lipid profiles including especially those of high density lipo-protein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and tri-glycerides (TG) [6,7], and remains one of the most important factors responsible for increased CVD risk among menopausal women. In Malaysia, CVD was re-ported to account for 25 % of all deaths in 2008 (NCV