Table 4.
Factors associated with menopausal symptoms as measured with Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) (n = 109)
| Menopausal symptoms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somatic symptoms >8 | Urogenital symptoms >3 | Depression symptoms >6 | Total of symptoms >16 | |||||
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| Unadjusted | ||||||||
| Agea | 1.1 (0.87–1.4) | 0.46 | 1.2 (1.0–1.4) | 0.014 | 1.1 (0.96–1.3) | 0.15 | 1.2 (1.01–1.4) | 0.037 |
| Living with partner | 1.0 (0.11–8.8) | 1.0 | 1.8 (0.36–8.6) | 0.48 | 1.3 (0.27–6.5) | 0.74 | 4.3 × 108 (0.0-∞) | 1.0 |
| Workingb | 0.11 (0.026–0.47) | 0.0028 | 0.55 (0.18–1.7) | 0.29 | 0.21 (0.067–0.62) | 0.0051 | 0.24 (0.077–0.74) | 0.013 |
| Tertiary educationc | 0.50 (0.99–2.5) | 0.40 | 0.44 (0.16–1.2) | 0.11 | 0.83 (0.31–2.2) | 0.71 | 0.75 (0.26–2.1) | 0.59 |
| Depressiond | 3.4 × 108 (0.0-∞) | 1.0 | 2.2 (0.91–5.5) | 0.079 | 10 (2.8–37) | 0.00044 | 31.6 (4.2–247) | 0.00099 |
| Menopausee | 0.42 (0.48–3.7) | 0.44 | 1.3 (0.50–3.8) | 0.53 | 0.61 (0.18–2.03) | 0.42 | 1.1 (0.36–3.7) | 0.82 |
| Adjusted | ||||||||
| Agea | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | 0.041 | ||||||
| Depressiond | 10 (2.8–37) | 0.00044 | 33 (4.2–270) | 0.00091 | ||||
a Odds Ratio for an increase in age of one year between 45 and 55 years
b Working more than one hour/week
c Primary school/ secondary school vv tertiary school
d Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score ≥ 7
e Menopause one year after last menstruation