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ASSOCIATION OF AGE AT MENOPAUSE WITH POST-MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS, MENARCHE AGE AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE FACTORS AMONG RURAL FEMALES IN SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2017

Krishan Sharma  and
Mayuk Bansal
Krishan Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Mayuk Bansal*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Summary

This study analysed the association between menopause, menarche and number of live births using cross-sectional primary data for 75 post-menopausal rural women from Shimla in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The mean/median ages at menarche of the 75 women were 14.23/14 years, and those at menopause 45.35/45 years. There were no significant differences in these values between women in the age groups 40–55 and 56–65 years. Age at menopause was found to be significantly associated with age at menarche and maternal age at birth of the first and last child, but not with menopausal symptom severity score. The majority of the 75 post-menopausal women (70.7%) had very mild or no menopausal symptoms. Three principal components were identified that explained 72.43% of the underlying variation in menopausal symptoms.

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Short Report
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 19 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press, 2017 

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