PHILADELPHIA — Women with obesity may experience worse menopausal symptoms and see less relief from hormone therapy (HT), according to a pilot study.
When compared with women without obesity, those with a BMI of 30 or greater were significantly more likely to report menopause-related vasomotor symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats (74% vs 45%, P=0.002), reported Anita Pershad, MD, of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.
Women with obesity were also more likely to report other bothersome symptoms of menopause, such as genitourinary and vulvovaginal symptoms (60% vs 21%, P
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