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Table 5 Mean ± SD of age, menopausal symptoms and female sex hormones among studied groups before and after dietary interventions

From: The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms

Parameters

Group I (no. = 47)

Group II (no. = 49)

Mean ± SD

% change

Mean ± SD

% change

Before

After

Before

After

Age (years)

46.04 ± 5.88

 

–

46.91 ± 5.39

 

–

Hot flushes (Freq/week)

10.60 ± 2.77

1.57 ± 1.10**a

− 85.19

12.08 ± 2.93

10.07 ± 2.73

− 16.64**c

Night sweat (Freq/week)

9.00 ± 4.60

1.02 ± 1.19**a

− 88.67

9.76 ± 4.14

9.18 ± 4.09

− 5.94**c

Total MRS

38.17 ± 5.29

8.17 ± 3.18**a

− 78.60

36.4 ± 6.31

31.2 ± 5.87

− 14.29**c

Somatic subscale

7.06 ± 3.32

3.01 ± 1.27**a

− 57.36

9.22 ± 3.21

7.17 ± 3.04

− 22.23**c

Psychiatric subscale

9.13 ± 2.97

1.43 ± 1.25**a

− 84.34

8.6 ± 2.42

4.2 ± 1.33**b

− 51.16**c

Urogenital subscale

8.74 ± 2.24

2.53 ± 1.46**a

− 71.05

8.98 ± 2.61

8.14 ± 2.40

− 9.35**c

Waist circ. (cm)

97.83 ± 9.08

84.66 ± 8.41**a

− 13.46

96.86 ± 9.13

94.17 ± 9.01

− 2.78**c

FSH (mIU/mL)

82.99 ± 16.19

42.62 ± 11.09**a

− 48.64

84.8 ± 16.99

79.1 ± 14.32

− 6.72**c

Estradiol (pg/mL)

55.79 ± 2.31

78.17 ± 2.42**a

 + 40.11

57.91 ± 3.64

59.94 ± 2.92

 + 3.5**c

Free testosterone (pg/mL)

1.46 ± 0.70

1.19 ± 0.37

− 18.49

1.39 ± 0.62

1.39 ± 0.59

–

progesterone (ng/mL)

4.57 ± 1.57

4.60 ± 1.78

 + 0.65

2.26 ± 0.93

2.31 ± 0.44

 + 2.21

  1. aPaired t-test analysis of studied parameters before and after Rusk consumption in group I
  2. bPaired t-test analysis of studied parameters before and after the diet intervention in group II
  3. bComparison of studied parameters after the intervention between the two groups by Independent t-test analysis
  4. *Significant at p ≤ 0.05
  5. **High Significant at p ≤ 0.01
  6. Interpretation of the calculated score of MRS
  7. Total score of MRS
  8. 3–11____________________ Mild
  9. 12–22___________________ Moderate
  10. 23–33___________________ Severe
  11. Over 34__________________Very severe
  12. Somatic subscale
  13. 1–4____________________ Mild
  14. 5–8___________________ Moderate
  15. 9–12___________________ Severe
  16. Over 13__________________very severe
  17. Psychological subscale
  18. 1–4____________________ Mild
  19. 5–8___________________ Moderate
  20. 9–12___________________ Severe
  21. Over 13__________________Very severe
  22. Urogenital subscale
  23. 1–3____________________ Mild
  24. 4–6___________________ Moderate
  25. 7–9___________________ Severe
  26. Over 10__________________Very severe
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