Table 3.
Characteristics of respondents
| Full sample n = 229 | |
| Age: mean (s.d) | 53 (SD) |
| Highest qualification | % |
| Degree | 26 |
| A levels | 11 |
| Other | 63 |
| Self-rated general health: | % |
| Excellent | 7 |
| Very good | 44 |
| Good | 31 |
| Fair | 14 |
| Poor | 4 |
| Reporting the following: | % |
| Hot flushes | 45 |
| Aching joints or muscles | 74 |
| Anxious or frightened | 37 |
| Breast tenderness | 31 |
| Bleeding | 23 |
| Cosmetic signs | 35 |
| Vaginal dryness | 45 |
| TTO own valuation | 22.8 (4.4) |
| Stopped menstration | 74 |
| Average time since stopped menstruation (months) | 64 (72) |
| Taken HRT in last month | 35 |