Prevalence of normal, premature, early and late menopause and its correlation with endometrial thickness, associated postmenopausal symptoms and comorbidities on ultrasound in lahore
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2026
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UMT, Lahore
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Menopause describes the period of a woman's life when she no longer has a menstrual cycle and is no longer fertile. Using pelvic ultrasound imaging, this study sough to find the prevalence of menopause types including normal, premature, early and late menopause and its correlation with endometrial thickness, associated postmenopausal symptoms and comorbidities in postmenopausal women. One hundred and fourteen patients from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Aadil hospital and Services Hospital in Lahore participated in a cross- sectional observational study. To determine the prevalence of menopause types including normal, premature, early and late menopause and its correlation with endometrial thickness, each participant underwent pelvic ultrasound. According to the findings, normal menopause was most prevalent, accounting for 55.3% of the total population. Furthermore, the prevalence of early menopause was 28.1%, the prevalence of late menopause was 13.2% and the prevalence of premature menopause was 3.5%. A substantial correlation between age at menopause and menopause type was shown by statistical analysis using chi-square tests (p = 0.000). Significant correlation was observed between menopause type and endometrial thickness (p = 0.000). Furthermore, significant correlation was observed between hypertension (p=0.001, p