title: SUMEVA, a new system of climacteric symptom evaluation, and its correlation with FSH and estradiol levels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a new climacteric symptom scale (SUMEVA) and to assess its correlation with follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol (E2) levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  115 healthy perimenopausal women who were not receiving, nor had received, hormone therapy were studied. They were asked to complete 3 questionnaires concerning climacteric symptoms: (1) Kupperman's index (KI), (2) Green scale (GS), and (3) SUMEVA, which is the sum of symptom evaluations done in an analog visual scale. FSH and E2 determinations were done by chemoluminiscence.
  
  
  METHODS
  The comparison among the groups was done by Student's t test. Pearson correlation analysis was done between FSH and E2 levels and KI, the GS, and SUMEVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 60 women with FSH < or = 30 mIU/mL (group I) and 55 with FSH > 30 mIU/mL (group II). The KI average in the whole group was 13.2 +/- 8.1, the GS 20.6 +/- 13.1, and the SUMEVA 65.6 +/- 44.9. The three scales had a significant correlation between them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No correlation of KI, GS, or SUMEVA was found with FSH and E2 levels, but the SUMEVA was as effective as the other previously validated, scales for climacteric symptom evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Endocrinology Department, Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia "Luis Castelazo Ayala", Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México DF.
authors.forename: Sebastián
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carranza-Lira
authors.forename: Blanca Patricia
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Reyes Razo
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chán Verdugo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002979:Climacteric / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000175:diagnosis; D017697:Premenopause / Q000378:metabolism; D011788:Quality of Life; D012016:Reference Values; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D004958:Estradiol; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone