Natural menopausal age: Correlation with body mass index and various reproductive factors in postmenopausal women

[15] Age at menopause will be influenced by body mass index (BMI) and various reproductive factors such as age at menarche, age at parity, irregular periods, and breastfeeding. Data Collection Data including the patient demographics (age, height, weight, BMI, marital status, occupation, food habit, substance abuse, and literacy background), allergy status, past medical history, obstetric, and gynecologic history (age at menarche, regularity of periods, nature of delivery, age at delivery, and age at menopause) were obtained by patient medical history interview and from medical records of the patients for both the groups. [18] Comorbidities which were observed in this study population are hypertension, diabetes mellitus, osteoarthritis, asthma, chronic kidney disease, ulcer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, hypothyroidism, and osteoporosis. Laxmi M, Rajesh V, Monica V, Monica S. Correlation of body mass index and age of menopause in women attending medicine and gynecology department of a tertiary care centre.