Duration of Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms Over the Menopause Transition

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Authors

Nancy E. Avis · Wake Forest University

Sybil L. Crawford · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Gail A. Greendale · University of California, Los Angeles

Joyce T. Bromberger · University of Pittsburgh

Susan A. Everson‐Rose · University of Minnesota Medical Center

Ellen B. Gold · University of California, Davis

Rachel Hess

Abstract

Frequent VMS lasted more than 7 years during the menopausal transition for more than half of the women and persisted for 4.5 years after the FMP. Individual characteristics (eg, being premenopausal and having greater negative affective factors when first experiencing VMS) were related to longer-lasting VMS. Health care professionals should counsel women to expect that frequent VMS could last more than 7 years, and they may last longer for African American women.

Topics & Keywords

Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Estrogen and related hormone effects Menstrual Health and Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Internal Medicine

Volume 175, Issue 4, pp. 531-531

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8063

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