The relationship between the duration of menopause and lower urinary tractsymptoms in women aged 40 to 59

Objective-To evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms in pre- and perimenopaus al women. Method-Four hundred seventy-one women between 40 and 59 years of age with perimenopausal complaints attending our menopause clinic were eval uated for lower urinary tract symptoms by using the International Prostate Symptom Score questionnaire. The women were categorized by subgroups as bei ng in premenopause, early menopause (1-<5 years' duration) and late menopau se ( greater than or equal to5 years' duration), and by decade. Statistical evaluations were done by impaired t test, one-way ANOVA, and simple and mu ltiple regression analyses. Results-The premenopausal women in their fortie s had more severe lower urinary tract symptoms when compared with early and late menopausal women. In comparisons the nocturia score tended to rise wi th age. Conclusion-Lower urinary tract symptoms appear to be affected by bo th age and the duration of menopause in women in their forties and fifties, and this observation might be taken into consideration while evaluating th is age group for lower urinary tract symptoms.