BMIとデンマーク人看護師の閉経期症状との関連:横断研究
Louise Polano1, Tine Worm Thinggaard1, Mette Kildevæld Simonsen2
1Department of People and Technology - Section Health and Society, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
Maturitas
|February 7, 2026
まとめ
ボディマス指数が高いほど、特に心理的および身体・自律神経症状において、閉経期症状が重症化することがデンマーク人看護師で示されました。健康的な体重を維持することは、女性のミッドライフの健康と更年期管理にとって重要です。
科学分野:
- 生殖器の健康
- 公衆衛生
- 疫学
背景:
- 閉経期症状は女性の生活の質に著しく影響します。
- ボディマス指数(BMI)は体脂肪の重要な指標であり、様々な健康転帰と関連しています。
- ターゲットを絞った介入のためには、BMIと閉経期症状の重症度との関係を理解することが不可欠です。
研究 の 目的:
- ボディマス指数(BMI)と閉経期症状の重症度との関連を調査すること。
- BMIカテゴリーおよび症状領域別の症状重症度を分析すること。
主な方法:
- 2024年デンマーク看護師コホート(n=6078)の横断解析。
- 更年期評価尺度(MRS)スコアを軽度(<9)対中等度から重度(≥9)に二分化。
- 交絡因子で調整した多重ロジスティック回帰モデル。
主要な成果:
- 参加者の55.8%が中等度から重度の閉経期症状を報告しました。
- BMIの増加は、中等度から重度の症状のオッズ増加と相関していました(OR 1.13)。
- 心理的(OR 1.15)および身体・自律神経(OR 1.15)領域で有意な関連が見られましたが、泌尿生殖器症状ではありませんでした。
結論:
- BMIが高いほど、特に心理的および身体・自律神経症状において、閉経期症状の重症度が増加することと有意に関連していました。
- 低体重および肥満の参加者は、正常体重と比較して症状重症度のオッズが変化していました。
- 体重管理は、ミッドライフ女性の健康と更年期ケア戦略において考慮されるべきです。
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