Compared effects of surgical and natural menopause on climacteric symptoms, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the effects of surgical (ie, earlier) and natural (ie, later) menopause on climacteric symptoms, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndrome.


METHODS
The study was conducted with 94 women who underwent hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy and 95 women who were older than 40 years and in natural menopause. None had received hormone therapy or osteoporosis treatment. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III.


RESULTS
The rates of hot flushes (P=0.001), sweating (P=0.001), poor memory (P=0.04), change in sexual desire (P=0.04), and osteoporosis (diagnosed in the hip bone, P=0.005) were significantly higher among the women in surgical menopause, but the rate of metabolic syndrome was similar in the 2 groups (47.8% and 40%; P=0.28).


CONCLUSIONS
Compared with natural menopause, surgical menopause was found to be associated with higher rates of climacteric symptoms and osteoporosis but not of metabolic syndrome.
Ozdemir
Suna
S
Department of Gynecology and Obstetric, Meram Medical Faculty, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. snmstf@yahoo.com
Celik
Cetin
C
Görkemli
Hüseyin
H
Kiyici
Aysel
A
Kaya
Buğra
B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007989:Libido; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008593:Menopause / Q000378:metabolism*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000209:etiology; D010052:Ovariectomy; D013546:Sweating