Adiposity and Menopausal Symptom Severity in 1,371 Midlife Women from Eastern China

1,371 women aged 40–60 years were recruited from a hospital in Hangzhou, China, between June 2022 and June 2025. This cross-sectional clinical study by Miao Deng investigates the association between body mass index (BMI) and the severity of menopausal symptoms, finding significant positive correlations for vasomotor, mood, sexual, and urinary symptoms.

Use Cases

• Correlating body mass index with vasomotor symptom severity based on the Kupperman Menopausal Index scores mentioned in the description
• Analyzing differences in sexual dysfunction and urinary symptom scores across BMI categories as reported in the results
• Investigating the prevalence of fatigue and insomnia among peri- and postmenopausal women in a clinical cohort
• Building predictive models for menopausal symptom severity based on anthropometric measurements like BMI and waist-to-hip ratio

Strengths

• Includes data from 1,371 clinically characterized participants
• Uses standardized anthropometric measurements and the validated Kupperman Menopausal Index
• Provides multivariable analysis adjusting for waist-to-hip ratio

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Cross-sectional design limits causal inference, as noted in the conclusions

Provenance

Source

Perimenopausal Health Care Center of Hangzhou Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study with standardized anthropometric measurements and questionnaire-based symptom evaluation

Time Range

June 2022 to June 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:10:57; freshness should be verified

Geography

Eastern China (Hangzhou)