MENOPAUSE indicators, such as follicle-stimulating hormone and estradiol levels, combined with lifestyle habits and socioeconomic factors may help predict when a woman will begin menopause, according to study data.
In a study published in Menopause, researchers created two Cox models using time-dependent covariates associated with age at natural menopause to predict the timing of menopause in women.
“The suggested approach for predicting the age at natural menopause could provide a useful and easily accessible tool for assessing the time to approaching natural menopause in middle-aged women,” Matti Hyvärinen, MSc, a doctoral researcher in the Gerontology Research Center and faculty of sport and health sciences at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, told Healio. “This information can be useful for clinicians when making decisions related to the use of hormonal contraception and treatments for menopausal symptoms in perimenopausal women.”
Hyvärinen and colleagues obtained data from women participating in the
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