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Table 3 Prevalence of moderate/severea menopausal symptoms according to menopausal stage and body mass index

From: Obesity associates with vasomotor symptoms in postmenopause but with physical symptoms in perimenopause: a cross-sectional study

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

  1. 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)
  2. P-values were calculated using Chi-squared test
  3. aModerate/severe menopausal symptom was defined as a Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) domain score of ≥5