Early Menopause in XXXX - A Study from a South Indian Tertiary Care Centre.

@entity1 @entity2175 @entity11157 @entity6 @entity7793 @entity413 @entity209 @entity65
INTRODUCTION: Menopause marks the end of ovarian function and it is called 'early' or 'premature' if it occurs before 45 years. Very little is known about the menopause transition in @entity6 @entity1 . @entity209 like @entity6 will accelerate the reproductive ageing and determine @entity11157 by various mechanisms. Early menopause along with @entity6 has a synergistic effect over the incidence of @entity65 and other illnesses. There is no data regarding menopausal age in Indian population. Hence, present study was aimed at understanding the age of menopause in @entity6 Indian @entity1 . MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was carried out at a tertiary care, teaching hospital in Southern India. Post-menopausal @entity1 who attended the Department of Medicine during August 2013 to August 2014, were included in the study. Six hundred @entity1 were recruited by a systematic random sampling, 300 @entity6 and 300 non- @entity6 after obtaining their consents. They were all non-smokers, took mixed diet and other somatometric variables were similar in both the groups. RESULTS: Average age of menopause among @entity6 @entity1 was 44.65 years which is much earlier than the menopause in non- @entity6 @entity1 (48.2 years). Out of the 600 @entity1 , 212 @entity1 had an @entity7793 (<45 yrs.). Among them, 54 were non- @entity6 and 158 were @entity6 . Present study also revealed a higher BMI among the diabetics than the non- @entity6 @entity1 . This may be due to the changes in body composition and increase in abdominal fat after menopause. This change is more in diabetics due to the disturbances in insulin sensitivity and @entity413 metabolism. CONCLUSION: The present study confirms that @entity2175 increases the risk of @entity7793 . The study reinforces the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of @entity6 for a long term well being of a @entity1 .
