Sreenivas Sudha Bakthavathsalam, Kashyap Pranav Balaji
Department of Physiology, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
J Midlife Health. 2022 Oct-Dec;13(4):304-309. doi: 10.4103/jmh.jmh_220_22. Epub 2023 Apr 28.
According to the WHO, obesity is an epidemic and is quantified by obesity indices. Menopause is a crucial period with a tendency toward weight gain and has profound implications on the morbidity and mortality of women. This study provides a greater insight into the aggravating adverse effects of obesity on the lifestyles of urban and rural women during their menopausal phase. Hence, this cross-sectional study aims at analyzing the effects of obesity indices on the severity of menopausal symptoms in urban and rural women.
This cross-sectional study comprised 120 women, of which 60 healthy women volunteers between the age group of 40 and 55 years from the urban area and 60 age-matched healthy women volunteers from the rural area were recruited. The sample size was calculated based on stratified random sampling. After obtaining informed consent anthropometric measurements were recorded and the Menopausal Rating Scale was used for assessing the severity of menopausal symptoms.
A positive correlation was observed between the severity of menopausal symptoms and BMI as well as waist circumference in urban women. The problems related to menopausal symptoms were milder in rural women.
Our study concludes that obesity worsens the severity of several menopausal symptoms which is greater among obese urban women owing to the urban lifestyle and increased stress levels.
世界卫生组织称，肥胖是一种流行病，可通过肥胖指数进行量化。更年期是体重增加倾向明显的关键时期，对女性的发病率和死亡率有深远影响。本研究更深入地探讨了肥胖对城乡更年期女性生活方式的不良影响加剧情况。因此，这项横断面研究旨在分析肥胖指数对城乡女性更年期症状严重程度的影响。
这项横断面研究包括120名女性，其中招募了60名年龄在40至55岁之间的城市健康女性志愿者和60名年龄匹配的农村健康女性志愿者。样本量根据分层随机抽样计算得出。在获得知情同意后，记录人体测量数据，并使用更年期评定量表评估更年期症状的严重程度。
城市女性更年期症状的严重程度与BMI以及腰围之间存在正相关。农村女性与更年期症状相关的问题较轻。
我们的研究得出结论，肥胖会加重几种更年期症状的严重程度，由于城市生活方式和压力水平增加，肥胖城市女性的症状更严重。
