title: Impact of anthropometric parameters on quality of life during menopause.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), abdominal obesity, and fat distribution in postmenopausal women influence quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient clinics in the hospital setting and private practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  274 postmenopausal Spanish women, distributed by body phenotype, fat distribution (android or gynoid), and BMI.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Cervantes scale, a specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  The quality of life of the obese and overweight patients was compared by age, sex, education, marriage, and municipality with matched healthy normal-weight controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women of the pyknoid phenotype have worse general HRQOL, menopausal symptoms, and psychological and sexuality scores than athletic or lean women. Android fat distribution is also related to low global Cervantes scale scores. All scores on the Cervantes scale worsened with increasing BMI (>or=25).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pyknoid phenotype, android fat distribution, and a higher BMI are related to poor HRQOL.
authors.affiliation: Institut Clínic de Ginecologia, Obstetrícia i Neonatologia (ICGON), Hospital Clínic, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain. castelobranco@ub.edu
authors.forename: Camil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castelo-Branco
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferrer-Barriendos
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cancelo
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quereda
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Alberich
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D050218:Body Fat Distribution / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires