Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey
OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study is carried out in order to assess the mean age of menopause and the factors affecting it in Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey. STUDY DESIGN: Study subjects were 713 postmenopausal women between the ages of 40–65 years. Women declaring at least one year of ameno...
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| author | Melis Naçar Zeynep Baykan Ahmet Öztürk Fevziye Çetinkaya |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study is carried out in order to assess the mean age of menopause and the factors affecting it in Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey.
STUDY DESIGN: Study subjects were 713 postmenopausal women between the ages of 40–65 years. Women declaring at least one year of amenorrhea were accepted as being in menopause. Data were collected using a questionnaire including questions about demographic, reproductive and socioeconomic factors. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess confounding factors on the age at
menopause.
RESULTS: The mean and median age at menopause was 46.5±4.9 and 47, respectively. Of the total 713 participants, 632 women (88.6%) were found to be in natural menopause and 11.4% were in surgical menopause. Mean age for natural menopause was 47.0±4.6. The prevalence of early menopause occurring before the age of 46 years was found as 36.1% in the natural menopause group. Cessation
style of menses, socio-economic status, menopausal ages of mothers and sisters were statistically correlated with the age at menopause. Low and middle socio-economic status and spontaneously cessation style of menses had statistically significant correlation with early menopause.
CONCLUSION: The mean age at natural menopause was 47.0±4.6 which is earlier than women in the western or industrialized countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36329c541093419ea62ff78520b9197a2023-02-15T16:17:36ZengMedical NetworkGynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine1300-47512007-12-01133477Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; TurkeyMelis Naçar0Zeynep Baykan1Ahmet Öztürk2Fevziye Çetinkaya3Department of Medical Education, Erciyes University School of Medicine, KayseriDepartment of Medical Education, Erciyes University School of Medicine, KayseriDepartment of Biostatistics, Erciyes University School of Medicine, KayseriDepartment of Public Health, Erciyes University School of Medicine, KayseriOBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study is carried out in order to assess the mean age of menopause and the factors affecting it in Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey. STUDY DESIGN: Study subjects were 713 postmenopausal women between the ages of 40–65 years. Women declaring at least one year of amenorrhea were accepted as being in menopause. Data were collected using a questionnaire including questions about demographic, reproductive and socioeconomic factors. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess confounding factors on the age at menopause. RESULTS: The mean and median age at menopause was 46.5±4.9 and 47, respectively. Of the total 713 participants, 632 women (88.6%) were found to be in natural menopause and 11.4% were in surgical menopause. Mean age for natural menopause was 47.0±4.6. The prevalence of early menopause occurring before the age of 46 years was found as 36.1% in the natural menopause group. Cessation style of menses, socio-economic status, menopausal ages of mothers and sisters were statistically correlated with the age at menopause. Low and middle socio-economic status and spontaneously cessation style of menses had statistically significant correlation with early menopause. CONCLUSION: The mean age at natural menopause was 47.0±4.6 which is earlier than women in the western or industrialized countries.http://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/543Menopause age, Related factors, Turkish women |
| spellingShingle | Melis Naçar Zeynep Baykan Ahmet Öztürk Fevziye Çetinkaya Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine Menopause age, Related factors, Turkish women |
| title | Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey |
| title_full | Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey |
| title_fullStr | Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey |
| title_short | Age at Menopause and Associated Factors in Central Anatolia; Turkey |
| title_sort | age at menopause and associated factors in central anatolia turkey |
| topic | Menopause age, Related factors, Turkish women |
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