The Kinmen women-health investigation (KIWI): a menopausal study of a population aged 40-54.

摘要: Abstract Objectives: This paper aims to report the methodology of a study cohort middle-aged women in Taiwan, their age at menopause, and related factors prevalence menopausal symptoms, examine relationships between symptoms sociodemographic variables. Methods: An epidemiological neuropsychological change during transition among Chinese aged 40–54 years old on islet Kinmen. Results: Of targeted population 2256 individuals, 1497 (66%) participated study. The mean menarche was 15.6 that menopause 48 years. hormone use rate time 23% surgical women, 9% were past users. After excluding premenopausal 6% reported current estrogen replacement therapy most frequently discomforts for those >45 troubled sleep, backaches, joint pain. Four symptom clusters: musculoskeletal, non-specific somatic complaints, urogenital, vasomotor, identified. adjustment age, urogenital vasomotor significantly associated with status. Conclusions: did not differ much from Western studies, but especially lower our population. Nevertheless, still