title: [Epidemiology of the climacteric period in a large city].
abstract: Epidemiological screening of 1,939 females working in Moscow showed the incidence of the climacteric syndrome to be as high as 42.4%. The mean age at the onset of the pre-menopause was 48 +/- 0.4, its duration 12 to 17 months, mean age at menopause onset 49 +/- 0.5. A close correlation between the development of the climacteric syndrome and arterial hypertension was detected.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Balan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002979:Climacteric / Q000523:psychology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009031:Moscow; D017697:Premenopause; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Epidemiologiia klimaktericheskogo perioda v usloviiakh bol'shogo goroda.