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Factors that discriminate age at menopause: A study of B engali H indu women of W est B engal
Author(s) -
Dasgupta Doyel,
Pal Baidyanath,
Ray Subha
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/ajhb.22698
Subject(s) - hum , menarche , menopause , breastfeeding , medicine , demography , population , pediatrics , art , environmental health , sociology , performance art , art history
Objective This study aims to investigate the factors that discriminate different menopausal age groups. Methods We selected 715 postmenopausal Bengali‐speaking Hindu women from the State of West Bengal, India, who were married and had at least one child. We divided the participants into three groups based on the age at which they attained menopause: Group 1 (30–39 years), Group 2 (40–49 years), and Group 3 (50–55 years). A well‐tested questionnaire was used to collect information on reproductive variables. Results We applied discriminant function analysis to identify the factors associated with different ages at menopause. Results show that factors like age at menarche, duration of breastfeeding of the last child, and age at first pregnancy discriminate the different menopausal age groups. Conclusion We concluded that reproductive factors discriminate the three different menopausal age groups for this study population. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 27:710–715, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.