BRD2 and metabolic syndrome: However, in postmenopausal women, compared to the lowest quintile of FSH, the second quintile of FSH was linked to a higher risk of MetS (OR: 1.452; 95% CI: 1.138, 1.766; and P= 0.020), but the fourth quintile of FSH was related to a lower risk of MetS (OR: 0.566; 95% CI: 0.228, 0.904; and P= 0.001) as shown in Figure 2C.