MENOPAUSAL AGE OF FEMALES WITH HYPERCALCEMIA - STUDY INCLUDING CASES WITH PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, DETECTED IN A HEALTH SCREENING

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 200  (5) , 361-365
Abstract
The mean age at natural menopause of 7328 women participating in a health screening conducted by the Stockholm City and County Council [Sweden] was 50.2 yr. The corresponding age encountered for a subgroup of 49 women with hypercalcemia (very probably due to primary hyperparathyroidism) confirmed in repeated determinations was 45.7 .+-. 0.4 (mean .+-. SEM [Standard error of the mean]) and significantly lower than that (50.1 .+-. 0.4 yr) of a normocalcemic age-matched control group (P < 0.001). The health screening was performed about 8 yr after the women''s menopause. The observation and control groups showed a significant difference with regard to the serum Ca level but no difference was found with respect to marital, parital or socio-economic status or disorders that may result in early or late menopause.

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