Table 1 Frequency and percentage of demographic and reproductive data of the study groups
Characteristics | Menopausal status (n, %) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Premenopause | Perimenopause | Postmenopause | |||
Age | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | 41.24 ± 5.31 | 42.51 ± 5.35 | 55.57 ± 5.93 | 0.001* |
BMI | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | 29.11 ± 4.56 | 31.76 ± 5.45 | 28.99 ± 4.77 | 0.001* |
Age of menarche | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | 13.07 ± 1.66 | 13.03 ± 2.01 | 12.87 ± 1.67 | 0.59** |
Age of first pregnancy | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | 22.63 ± 5.29 | 20.35 ± 3.57 | 21.64 ± 5.12 | 0.132** |
Parity | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | 1.27 ± 1.08 | 1.67 ± 1.18 | 3.44 ± 2.13 | 0.001* |
Number of abortions | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | 0.33 ± 0.67 | 0.44 ± 0.81 | 0.55 ± 0.95 | 0.387* |
Number of children | 0 | 23 (32.9%) | 20 (27.8%) | 32 (44.4%) | 0.018* |
1 | 29 (41.4%) | 23 (31.9%) | 17 (23.6%) | ||
2 | 18 (25.7%) | 22 (30.6%) | 17 (23.6%) | ||
3 | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (9.7%) | 6 (8.3%) | ||
Age of menopause | \(\overline{X}\) ± S.D | – | – | 47.68 ± 5.57 | – |
Type of delivery | No delivery | 20 (28.6%) | 18 (25%) | 2 (2.8%) | 0.001* |
Cesarean section (CS) | 28 (40%) | 23 (31.9%) | 11 (15.3%) | ||
Natural childbirth (NC) | 18 (25.7%) | 23 (31.9%) | 45 (62.5%) | ||
CS + NC | 4 (5.7%) | 8 (11.1%) | 14 (19.4%) | ||
Gynecological surgery history | Yes | 35 (50%) | 47 (65.3%) | 41 (56.9%) | 0.195** |
No | 35 (50%) | 25 (34.7%) | 31 (43.1%) | ||
History of using hormonal contraception | Yes | 33 (47.1%) | 39 (54.2%) | 46 (63.9%) | 0.134** |
No | 37 (52.9%) | 33 (45.8%) | 26 (36.1%) | ||