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| The association of menopause and physical functioning in women at midlife | | Author(s) | MaryFran Sowers, Sandra Pope, Gavin Welch |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 11, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1485-1492 |
| Keywords | Menopause ; Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The physical functioning of 14,427 respondents aged 40 to 55 from the US Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a study of the menopausal transition, including surgical menopause, was evaluated using the Medical Outcome Study - Short Form 36 (MOS-SF-36). 80.8% of the women reported no limitation in physical functioning, whereas 10% of women had some limitation, and 9.2% indicated having substantial limitation. Surgical menopause and the use of hormones were more frequently observed in women some or substantial physical limitation, even after allowing for economic status, age, body mass index (BMI), and race or ethnicity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011210217 A |
| Classmark | CC:BD: CC: CA: C4: 3KB: 7T |
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