Age at Menopause of Urban Zulu Women

5 August 1960

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 132 (3423) , 356-357
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.132.3423.356.b

Abstract

Interviews with a population sample of Zulu women residing in Durban, Union of South Africa, indicated a tendency for the permanent cessation of menstruation to occur late. The median menopausal age of 33 women questioned within 5 years of their menopause was 48.6 years, and their mean menopausal age was 49.2 years. It is suggested that this may be an effect of malnutrition or of climatic factors.

Keywords

ZULU WOMEN
MENOPAUSAL AGE
MEDIAN MENOPAUSAL
SOUTH AFRICA
WOMEN QUESTIONED
WOMEN INTERVIEWS
CLIMATIC FACTORS

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Sex Variation in the Nutritional State of Urban Zulu Adults
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1961