BODY-MASS INDEX AND AGE AT NATURAL MENOPAUSE
GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION, vol.37, no.1, pp.40-42, 1994 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 37 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 1994
- Doi Number: 10.1159/000292518
- Journal Name: GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.40-42
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No
Abstract
A population of 1.076 women aged between 40 and 54 years has been studied using the method of cluster-stratified and random sampling. The median age at menopause was 46.24 +/- 0.13 (mean +/- SEM) years. Obese women reach menopause on an average of 1.7 years earlier than women with chronic energy deficiency (p < 0.01). Other potential correlative measures, education, marital status, number of children, and urban/rural residence were found to have an effect on the age at menopause.