A study of the mean age of women at menopause based on women attending the Out-patient-clinic at Siriraj Hospital.
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1995-09
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This study aimed to establish the mean age of menopausal in Thai women. One thousand women, aged 40-69 years, were interviewed with a structured questionnaire at the Out-Patient Department, ceased to menstruate. The mean age with standard deviation among this group of women was 51.24 + 3.79 years by Probit analysis. However, among these 596 women 514 could recall their actual age at menopause. This mean age with standard deviation was 48.68 + 2.31 years. Thus, there is a statistically significant difference between the two values (P<0.01).
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Mean age, Menopause, Out-patient-clinic
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Atisook R, Sunsaneevithayakul P, Charoenpanich P, Sutanthavibul A. A study of the mean age of women at menopause based on women attending the Out-patient-clinic at Siriraj Hospital. Siriraj Medical Journal, 1995 Sept; 47(9): 803-807.