Genel Tıp Dergisi (Oct 2022)

The Relationship Between Vitamin D Levels and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms

  • Anıl Erturk,
  • Nergis Kender Erturk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1148944
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 5
pp. 559 – 563

Abstract

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Introduction: Our aim was to investigate the relationship between menopausal symptoms and serum vitamin D levels. Methods: We analyzed 110 postmenopausal women aged between 42-65 years among menopause symptoms by using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) questionnaire. Patients were divided into three groups according to their serum 25-OH vitamin D levels; sufficient (>20 ng/mL), insufficient (12-20 ng/mL), deficient (

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