Factors effecting menopausal age
Background: Factors effecting menopausal age are many, including body mass index (8M!), menstural and reproductive history. Objective: To determine the relation between 8MI, menstural and reproductive factors and menopausal age . Design: It was a correlational study. The data was drawn from one grou...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences,
1999-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Background: Factors effecting menopausal age are many, including body mass index (8M!), menstural and reproductive history. Objective: To determine the relation between 8MI, menstural and reproductive factors and menopausal age . Design: It was a correlational study. The data was drawn from one group of women. Variables were correlated using proper statistical tests. Sample: Three hundred menopausic women were chosen by cluster random sampling. The study was conducted in north of Tehran. Result: Findings indicated that menopausal age was posetively related to 8MI, duration of menstural cycle, and number of pregnancies. The age of first pregnancy had an inverse effcet. Conclusion: The age of first pregnancy is an important factor that needs special attention and program planning. |
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