Table 1. Anthropometric measurements, lifestyle, health, menopausal status and mean scores of MENQOL subdomains of the study group.
| Characteristics (N = 1113) | Mean | SD | |
| BMIǂ (Kg/m2) | 26.7 | 5.4 | |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 90.3 | 13.1 | |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 103.7 | 13.9 | |
| Waist to Hip ratio | 0.9 | 0.1 | |
| Age at first menstrual period (years) | 12.6 | 1.5 | |
| Age at menopause | 47.9 | 4.5 | |
| Number of children | 2.7 | 1.3 | |
| N | % | ||
| BMIǂ | |||
| Underweight: <18.5 | 12 | 1.1 | |
| Normal: 18.5–24.9 | 453 | 40.7 | |
| Overweight: 25–29.9 | 424 | 38.1 | |
| Obesity Ⅰ: 30–34.9 | 158 | 14.2 | |
| Obesity Ⅱ: 35–39.9 | 44 | 4 | |
| Obesity Ⅲ: > 40 | 21 | 1.9 | |
| Waist circumference* | |||
| Normal < 80cm | 215 | 19.3 | |
| High ≥ 80 cm | 850 | 76.4 | |
| Waist to Hip ratio* | |||
| Normal <0.85 | 414 | 38.9 | |
| High ≥ 0.85 | 650 | 61.1 | |
| Chronic diseases | |||
| Presence | 280 | 25.2 | |
| Absence | 833 | 74.8 | |
| Type of disease | |||
| Diabetes | 66 | 5.9 | |
| Hypertension | 155 | 13.9 | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 37 | 3.3 | |
| Smoking | |||
| Yes | 566 | 50.9 | |
| No | 547 | 49.1 | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Never | 784 | 70.4 | |
| ≤ twice per week | 294 | 26.4 | |
| >3 times per week | 35 | 3.1 | |
| Current increase of appetite | |||
| Yes | 500 | 44.9 | |
| No | 613 | 55.1 | |
| Self-evaluation of health status | |||
| Excellent/Good | 684 | 61.5 | |
| Normal | 367 | 33 | |
| Bad/Very bad | 62 | 5.6 | |
| Regularity of the ovarian menstrual cycle | |||
| Regular | 941 | 84.5 | |
| Irregular | 172 | 15.5 | |
| Menopausal status¶ | |||
| Pre-menopause | 514 | 46.2 | |
| Peri-menopause | 83 | 7.5 | |
| Menopause | 63 | 5.7 | |
| Post-menopause | 453 | 40.7 | |
| MENQOL subdomains | N | Mean | SD |
| Vasomotor | 1113 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Psychosocial | 1113 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| Physical | 1113 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
| Sexual | 1086* | 2.6 | 2.0 |
*missing values
ǂ BMI: body mass index
¶ Menopausal status was classified according to the WHO definition of menopause