Limitations of follicle-stimulating hormone in assessing menopause status: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2000)

Menopause

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Henrich, Janet B ^a   Hughes, Jeffery P ^b   Kaufman, Steven C ^c   Brody, Debra J ^d   Curtin, Lester R ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Orkand Corporation   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropins; Menopause; Reproductive stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646762161     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000198489.49618.96     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Soules MR, Sherman S, Parrott E, et al. Executive summary: Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW). Climacteric 2001;4:267-272.
2. Burger HG, Dudley EC, Hopper JL, et al. Prospectively measured levels of serum follicle-stimulating hormone, estradiol, and the dimeric inhibins during the menopausal transition in a population-based cohort of women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:4025-4030.
3. Cramer DW, Barbieri RL, Fraer AR, Harlow BL. Determinants of early follicular phase gonadotrophin and estradiol concentrations in women of late reproductive age. Hum Reprod 2002;17:221-227.
4. Manson JM, Sammel MD, Freeman EW, Grisso JA. Racial differences in sex hormone levels in women approaching the transition to menopause. Fertil Steril 2001;75:297-304.
5. Rannevik G, Jeppsson S, Johnell O, Bjerre B, Laurell-Borulf Y, Svanberg L. A longitudinal study of the perimenopausal transition: altered profiles of steroid and pituitary hormones, SHBG and bone mineral density. Maturitas 1995;21:103-113.
6. Santoro N. The menopause transition: an update. Hum Reprod Update 2002;8:155-160.
7. Bastian LA, Smith CM, Nanda K. Is this woman perimenopausal? JAMA 2003;289:895-902.
8. Backer LC, Rubin CS, Marcus M, Kieszak SM, Schober SE. Serum follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone levels in women aged 35-60 in the U.S. population: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-1994). Menopause 1999;6:29-35.
9. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Plan and Operation of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-94. NCHS, 1994.
10. Wolter K. Introduction to variance estimation. New York, NY: Springer-Vertag, 1985.
11. Statistics NCfH. NHANES 1999-2000 Addendum to the NHANES III Analytical Guidelines, 2002. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ nchs/data/nhanes/ guidelines1.pdf.
12. Rao J, Scott A. The analysis of categorical data from complex sample surveys: chi-squared tests for goodness of fit and independence in two-way tables. J Am Stat Assoc 1981;76:221-230.
13. Skinner C, Holt D, Smith T. Analysis of Complex Surveys. Chichester; New York: Wiley, 1989.
14. Jekel JF, Elmore JG, Katz DL. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 1996.
15. Cooper GS, Baird DD, Rebecca Darden F. Measures of menopausal status in relation to demographic, reproductive, and behavioral characteristics in a population-based study of women aged 35-49 years. Am. J. Epidemiol 2001;153:1159-1165.
16. Cramer DW, Barbieri RL, Xu H, Reichardt JK. Determinants of basal follicle-stimulating hormone levels in premenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1994;79:1105-1109.
17. Lenton EA, Sexton L, Lee S, Cooke ID. Progressive changes in LH and FSH and LH: FSH ratio in women throughout reproductive life. Maturitas 1988;10:35-43.
18. Randolph JF Jr, Sowers M, Gold EB, et al. Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88:1516-1522.
19. Randolph JF Jr, Sowers M, Bondarenko IV, Harlow SD, Luborsky JL, Little RJ. Change in estradiol and follicle-stimulating hormone across the early menopausal transition: effects of ethnicity and age. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004;89:1555-1561.
20. Schiff I. The effects of conjugated estrogens on gonadotropins. Fertil Steril 1980;33:333-334.
21. Cooper GS, Baird DD, Hulka BS, Weinberg CR, Savitz DA, Hughes CL Jr. Follicle-stimulating hormone concentrations in relation to active and passive smoking. Obstet Gynecol 1995;85:407-411.
22. Velasco E, Malacara JM, Cervantes F, de Leon JD, Davalos G, Castillo J. Gonadotropins and prolactin serum levels during the perimenopausal period: correlation with diverse factors. Fertil Steril 1990;53:56-60.
23. Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000. JAMA 2002;288:1723-1727.
24. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults and changes in prevalence of current and some day smoking-United States, 1996-2001. JAMA 2003;289:2355-2356.
25. Stearns V, Beebe KL, Iyengar M, Dube E. Paroxetine controlled release in the treatment of menopausal hot flashes: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2003;289:2827-2834.
26. Mitchell ES, Woods NF, Mariella A. Three stages of the menopausal transition from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study: toward a more precise definition. Menopause 2000;7:334-349.
27. Taffe J, Dennerstein L. Time to the final menstrual period. Fertil Steril 2002;78:397-403.