Compared effects of surgical and natural menopause on climacteric symptoms, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndrome
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of surgical (ie, earlier) and natural (ie, later) menopause on climacteric symptoms, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndrome. METHOD: The study was conducted with 94 women who underwent hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy and 95 women who were older than 40 years and in natural menopause. None had received hormone therapy or osteoporosis treatment. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III. RESULTS: The rates of hot flushes (P=0.001), sweating (P=0.001), poor memory (P=0.04), change in sexual desire (P=0.04), and osteoporosis (diagnosed in the hip bone, P=0.005) were significantly higher among the women in surgical menopause, but the rate of metabolic syndrome was similar in the 2 groups (47.8% and 40%; P=0.28). CONCLUSION: Compared with natural menopause, surgical menopause was found to be associated with higher rates of climacteric symptoms and osteoporosis but not of metabolic syndrome.
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Abrupt hormone withdrawal after oophorectomy is associated with increased severity and frequency of hot flushes.
“As an example, the abrupt hormone withdrawal after oophorectomy (‘‘surgical menopause’’) is associated with increased severity and frequency of hot flushes (Casper and Yen, 1985; Gelfand, 1999; Özdemir et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Özdemir, S., Çelik, Ç., Görkemli, H., Kıyıcı, A., & Kaya, B.
- Affiliations
- Selçuk University (TR)
- Corresponding author
- Özdemir, Suna
- Venue
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-04-25
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-61
- ISSN
- 0020-6695 (ISSN-L)
- 0020-7292
- 1879-3479
- OpenAlex
- W2078896802
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Keywords
- surgical menopause, natural menopause, menopausal symptoms, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, hot flashes, sweating, sexual desire, memory
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Hysterectomy, Libido, Memory Disorders, Menopause, Middle Aged, Ovariectomy, Sweating, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Hot Flashes, Metabolic Syndrome
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