Factors that discriminate age at menopause: A study of Bengali Hindu women of West Bengal

American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council
Doyel DasguptaSubha Ray

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the factors that discriminate different menopausal age groups. We selected 715 postmenopausal Bengali-speaking Hindu women from the State of West Bengal, India, who were married and had at least one child. We divided the participants into three groups based on the age at which they attained menopause: Group 1 (30-39 years), Group 2 (40-49 years), and Group 3 (50-55 years). A well-tested questionnaire was used to collect information on reproductive variables. We applied discriminant function analysis to identify the factors associated with different ages at menopause. Results show that factors like age at menarche, duration of breastfeeding of the last child, and age at first pregnancy discriminate the different menopausal age groups. We concluded that reproductive factors discriminate the three different menopausal age groups for this study population.

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