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. 2023 May 16;15(5):e39069.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.39069. eCollection 2023 May.

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Association With Menopausal Symptoms in Post-Menopausal Women: A Scoping Review

Vishal Raman  1 , Varsha Kose  1 , Savita Somalwar  1 , Kanchan S Dwidmuthe  1 , Shraddha Rao  1
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Association With Menopausal Symptoms in Post-Menopausal Women: A Scoping Review

Vishal Raman et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Complex metabolic dysregulation leads to metabolic syndrome (MetS) causing various symptoms such as type II diabetes, central obesity, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), altered glucose metabolism, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, and is thought to be influenced by a number of factors, including migration from rural to urban areas. socioeconomic changes, and a sedentary lifestyle. Therefore, the primary goal of this scoping review was to determine the prevalence of MetS and its components as well as to understand the association between MetS and menopausal symptoms in post-menopausal women. The search strategy included articles that were published from 2010 onwards in MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. The eligibility criteria included population, concept and context (PCC) format and based on it, 10 articles were included in this review. The review concluded that in comparison to pre-menopausal women, MetS is more common in post-menopausal women who are likely to experience somatic complaints and positive correlation of vasomotor symptoms with MetS. Hence, post-menopausal women can be counselled regarding menopausal symptoms related to MetS for which appropriate and adequate treatment or measures should be taken.

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; menopausal symptoms; metabolic syndrome; obesity; post-menopausal women.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Search strategy.
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