OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to investigate stages of reproductive aging as an associated factor for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) among women in a representative sample of Sao Paulo, Brazil. METHODS Four hundred seven women underwent clinical evaluation, polysomnography, and biochemical analysis. Stages of reproductive aging were defined as premenopause, early postmenopause, a...

Objective: To describe sexual function of women in the late postmenopause and to investigate change from early postmenopause. Methods: Cross sectional analysis of 2012/13 and longitudinal analysis from 2002/04 of the population based, Australian cohort of the Women’s Healthy Aging Project (WHAP), applying validated instruments: Short Personal Experience Questionnaire (SPEQ), Female Sexual Distr...

INTRODUCTION There is a paucity of longitudinal studies assessing sexual function of women in the late postmenopause. AIM This study aims to describe sexual function of women in the late postmenopause and to investigate change from early postmenopause. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of 2012/13 and longitudinal analysis from 2002/04 of the population based, Australian cohort of the Women's...

The relationship between mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and hematocrit (Hct) was studied in pre- and postmenopause women in the city of Durango, Mexico. Premenopause women show a negative trend between parameters that is not statistically significant. MAP and Hct are directly related in postmenopause women (p < 0.01). It is proposed that that this MAP/Hct relationship is in part due to diff...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to provide a reference base for suggesting proper guidelines for the health of the people by analyzing perception and intake pattern on health functional foods and by identifying needs in pre- and postmenopausal women. METHODS We conducted a self-administered survey in women admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a university hospital be...