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Compared effects of surgical and natural menopause on climacteric symptoms, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Özdemir Suna,
Çelik Çetin,
Görkemli Hüseyin,
Kıyıcı Aysel,
Kaya Buğra
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.016
Subject(s) - surgical menopause , menopause , climacteric , medicine , osteoporosis , metabolic syndrome , oophorectomy , hysterectomy , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , gynecology , surgery , obesity , testosterone (patch)
Abstract Objective To compare the effects of surgical (ie, earlier) and natural (ie, later) menopause on climacteric symptoms, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndrome. Method 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 theraphy 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 osteoprosis (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). Conclusion Compared with natural menopause, surgical menopause was found to be associated with highter rates of climacteric symptoms and osteoporosis but not of of metabolic syndrome.