title: The menopausal age, related factors and climacteric symptoms in Turkish women.
abstract: An interview based survey to reveal age at menopause and associated factors was conducted in a clinic based sample of Turkish women living mainly in an urban area. Interviews by a psychologist were obtained from 1500 women aged 41-70. The study included only women who had undergone natural menopause and had their last menstrual bleeding at least 1 year previously. The mean and median age at menopause was 47.8 +/- 4.0 and 51, respectively. Parity and BMI had a statistically significant impact on the age of menopause (P = 0.0397 and 0.0403). The most common symptoms were muscle and- or joint and- or bone pain (82.3%) and hot flushes (73.9%). Although the population was clinic based, this study is the first one of its kind in Turkish women.
authors.affiliation: Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Hospital Menopause Center, Ankara, Turkey.nesli4@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neslihan Carda
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bilge
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oya
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ece
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hamiyet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002979:Climacteric / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey