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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2010 Jan;17(1):191–193. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181b5540e

Table 1.

Percentages of women in 3 categories related to the final menstrual period (FMP) for 3 markers, with and without persistence

Marker Not
observed
Observed within
5 years of FMP*
Observed earlier than 5
years before FMP*
60-day 4 82 14
90-day 13 84 3
60-day(p) 16 81 4
90-day(p) 43 56 1

Notes (p) means ‘with persistence’

*

includes Kaplan-Meier estimates of ages at FMP for those in whom FMP is not observed