Table 3.
Prevalence of moderate/severea menopausal symptoms according to menopausal stage and body mass index
| Domain | Perimenopause | Postmenopause | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Overweight | Obesity | p-value | Normal | Overweight | Obesity | p-value | |
| (n = 293) | (n = 127) | (n = 113) | (n = 184) | (n = 94) | (n = 118) | |||
| Total symptoms | 24 (8.2) | 8 (6.3) | 16 (14.2) | 0.081 | 35 (19.0) | 18 (19.2) | 26 (22.0) | 0.795 |
| Vasomotor | 27 (9.2) | 13 (10.2) | 10 (8.9) | 0.925 | 32 (17.4) | 14 (14.9) | 33 (28.0) | 0.030 |
| Psychosocial | 40 (13.7) | 15 (11.8) | 19 (16.8) | 0.527 | 39 (21.2) | 23 (24.5) | 26 (22.0) | 0.823 |
| Physical | 47 (16.0) | 19 (15.0) | 29 (25.7) | 0.048 | 28 (15.2) | 21 (22.3) | 29 (24.6) | 0.104 |
| Sexual | 72 (24.6) | 24 (18.9) | 32 (28.3) | 0.221 | 78 (42.4) | 41 (43.6) | 52 (44.1) | 0.955 |
Body mass index (BMI) was categorized as normal (18.5–22.9 kg/m2), overweight (23–24.9 kg/m2), and obese (≥25 kg/m2)
P-values were calculated using Chi-squared test
aModerate/severe menopausal symptom was defined as a Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) domain score of ≥5