The age of menopause and the menopause transition in a multiracial population: a nation-wide Singapore study

Loh, Foo-Hoe; Khin, Lay Wai; Saw, Seang‐Mei; Lee, Jeannette J.M.; Gu, Ken

doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.11.004

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“…The mean age of menopause in the current study was 49.2 years, resembling many other previous studies, for example 50 years in the United States [10], 49.0 years in Singapore [11] and 48.6 years in Australia [12]. Postmenopausal symptoms have been shown to lead to social impairment and work-related difficulties that significantly decrease women's overall quality of life [13].…”

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confidence: 85%

“…In Poland hot flushes were the most commonly reported symptom by 96.4% [5], whereas among Arab and Greek women living in Australia it was 63% and 43% respectively [12,19] and it was as low as 3.9% among Singaporean women [11]. In the United States, the prevalence of hot flushes was highest among African Americans (46%), followed by Hispanics (34%), whites (31%), Chinese (21%) and Japanese (18%) women [18].…”

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Postmenopausal symptoms among Egyptian geripausal women

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Ae²,

Am³

et al. 2012

East Mediterr Health J

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Increases in life expectancies mean that women are spending longer periods of their life in a hypooestrogenic state. A cross-sectional study was designed to assess the prevalence of postmenopausal symptoms among elderly Egyptian women in the geripausal phase. A sample of 400 community-dwelling elderly women aged > 65 years were recruited from 6 geriatric social clubs in Cairo. A full personal and medical history was taken from all participants. The menopause rating scale was applied to all participants after translation and linguistic validation in the Arabic language. The most prevalent postmenopausal symptoms were joint pain (90.3%), followed by sleep problems (84.0%) and physical and mental exhaustion (80.0%). A statistically significant positive correlation was found between total menopause rating scale score and age, duration of menopause and number of chronic diseases but not with age of menopause. Symptômes ménopausiques chez des femmes égyptiennes du troisième et quatrième âgeRÉSUMÉ L'augmentation de la durée de vie signifie que les femmes passent une proportion plus importante de leur vie dans un état hypo-oestrogénique. Une étude transversale a été élaborée pour évaluer la prévalence des symptômes ménopausiques chez des femmes égyptiennes du troisième et quatrième âge. Un échantillon de 400 femmes âgées de plus de 65 ans et vivant dans la communauté a été recruté dans six clubs pour personnes âgées au Caire. Les données personnelles et les antécédents médicaux complets de toutes les participantes ont été notés. L'échelle Menopause Rating Scale -MRS [échelle d'évaluation de la ménopause] a été utilisée pour toutes les participantes après sa traduction et sa validation en langue arabe. Les symptômes ménopausiques les plus fréquents étaient les douleurs articulaires (90,3 %), suivis par les troubles du sommeil (84,0 %) et l'épuisement physique et mental (80,0 %). Une corrélation positive statistiquement significative a été retrouvée entre le score total à l'échelle MRS et l'âge, la durée de la ménopause et le nombre de pathologies chroniques. En revanche, aucune corrélation n'a été observée avec l'âge de survenue de la ménopause.

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confidence: 85%

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Postmenopausal symptoms among Egyptian geripausal women

Sweed

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Am³

et al. 2012

East Mediterr Health J

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“…The size of our cohort allowed us to analyze specifically women who experienced menopause during follow-up, resulting in a restriction of our population, but diminishing the potential for a recall bias without creating any selection bias, and concentrating our analysis on critical periods. Most previous studies focused on the prevalence of menopausal symptoms [2][3][4][5][6]8,9,12], which reflects both their onset and their duration in an indistinguishable manner. Moreover, previous studies on menopausal symptoms either included or excluded women on HRT [3,7].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These may occur before or after the onset of menopause. Studies on the prevalence of menopausal symptoms during menopausal transition have reported that these were more likely to be experienced in late menopausal transition and in early postmenopause [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. However, the main methodologic issues that limit inferences from epidemiologic studies of the menopausal transition are lack of longitudinal studies and short follow-up [5,13].…”

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confidence: 99%

Risk of onset of menopausal symptoms in periods surrounding menopause

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To cite this version:Séverine Sabia, Agnès Fournier, Sylvie Mesrine, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Françoise ClavelChapelon. Risk of onset of menopausal symptoms in periods surrounding menopause.. Maturitas, Elsevier, 2007, 58 (4) AbstractObjective: To assess the risk of onset of menopausal symptoms at different periods surrounding menopause, and variations in this risk according to age at menopause and type of menopause. Methods: We analyzed the 27,897 women participating in the French E3N cohort study who reached menopause during a 10-year follow-up period (1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000). Self-administered questionnaires, completed approximately every 24 months, included questions on the use of hormonal treatments, reproductive factors, personal history of a variety of diseases and the occurrence of personal medical events, including menopausal symptoms. Hazard ratios (HRs) were computed from multivariate Cox models. Results: When compared to the year preceding menopause, the risk of onset of menopausal symptoms was higher in the year following menopause (for natural menopause (n = 25,753), HR= 1.22, 95% confidence interval: 1.17, 1.27, and for artificial menopause (n = 2,147), HR= 2.21, 95% CI: 1.93, 2.52). More than one year prior to menopause and more than one year after, HRs were significantly below unity. The risk of onset of menopausal symptoms in the year following menopause was 1.47-fold (95% CI: 1.31, 1.64) higher in women having undergone an artificial menopause than in women who had had a natural menopause. In other periods, the risks did not differ significantly according to type of menopause. Those who experienced menopausal symptoms in the 1-5 year period following menopause were more likely to have reached their menopause before 51 years. Conclusions:The risk of onset of menopausal symptoms at different time periods surrounding menopause varies according to both type of menopause and age at menopause.

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“…1 A survey of some of the epidemiological studies conducted in different regions of Asia shows this to be generally true with a few exceptions. 2 A population-based study based in Singapore on 1,000 women aged 45 to 60 years noted that overall just 7% of the women were significantly bothered by any of the symptoms of menopause.…”

Section: The Asian Experience Of Menopausementioning

confidence: 99%

Menopause and the Asian Woman

Sohail¹

2014

Journal of SAFOMS

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Menopause is an event that typically occurs in women in midlife. For some women, the accompanying symptoms can significantly disrupt their daily activities and sense of well being. It has long been known that menopause is much easier for Asian women than for westerners. A systematic review of articles on Asian women is done, the objective of which is to find out evidence on Asian women experience and perception of menopause.

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The age of menopause and the menopause transition in a multiracial population: a nation-wide Singapore study

Cited by 94 publications

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Postmenopausal symptoms among Egyptian geripausal women

Postmenopausal symptoms among Egyptian geripausal women

Risk of onset of menopausal symptoms in periods surrounding menopause

Menopause and the Asian Woman

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