Climacteric phase -

ANSWER The period of endrocrinologic, somatic, and

transitory psychologic changes that occur around the time of menopause.

Early menopause -

ANSWER

LMP before age 45 Late

menopause -

ANSWER

LMP after age 54

Primary ovarian insufficiency - age 40

ANSWER

Menopause that occurs before

Early menopause transition (stage-2) -

ANSWER

Persistent

difference of 7 days or more in the length of consecutive cycles.

Late menopause transition (stage-1)-

ANSWER

60 or more

consecutive days of amenorrhea

Luteal out of phase event (LOOP) -

ANSWER

Explains why some

perimenopausal women have elevated estrogen level sometimes...In the early menopause transition, elevated FSH levels are adequate to recruit a second follicle which results in a follicular phase-like rise in estradiol secretion superimposed on the mid-to-late luteal phase of the ongoing ovulatory cycle.

Obese women and estradiol levels during menopause -

ANSWER

Obese women are more likely to have anovulatory cycles with high estradiol levels. They are also more likely to have lower premenopause yet higher postmenopause estradiol levels compared with women of normal weight. (why they are at higher risk of endometrial cancer)

Chinese and Japanese women -

ANSWER

These ethnic groups have

lower estradiol levels then white, black and hispanic women.