ReviewJournal of menopausal medicine2016
The Association between Body Mass Index and Hot Flash in Midlife Women: A Meta-analysis.
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- Risk factors, management and consequences of severe menopausal vasomotor symptoms.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026Review
- Body roundness index and a body shape index and their associations with menopausal symptoms: a comparative cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Effects of menopause on temperature regulation.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2025Review
- Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity and risk of vasomotor symptoms in premenopausal women: cross-sectional and cohort studies.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022Article
- High low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level is associated with an increased risk of incident early-onset vasomotor symptoms.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Early-Onset Vasomotor Symptoms in Lean and Overweight Premenopausal Women.Nutrients · 2022Article
- The Efficacy of Body Mass Index and Total Body Fat Percent in Diagnosis Obesity according to Menopausal Status.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2019Article
- Risk Assessment: Factors Contributing to Discomfort for Menopausal Women in Workplace.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2017Review
- Vocal Symptoms and Acoustic Findings in Menopausal Women in Comparison to Pre-menopause Women with Body Mass Index as a Confounding Variable.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2017Article
- The Role of Lifestyle in Developing and Maintaining Vasomotor Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study among Iranian Postmenopausal Women.Journal of mid-life healthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe association between body mass index (BMI) and hot flash risk has not been specifically clarifies yet. This meta-analysis was, therefore, conducted to estimate the association between overweight and obesity and hot flash risk.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus for observational studies addressing the association between BMI and hot flash until August 2015. Data were independently extracted and analyzed using 95% odds ratio (OR), and confidence intervals (CI) based on the random-effects models.
resultsWe identified 2,244 references and conducted seven studies with 4,219 participants. The association between hot flash and overweight was estimated 1.13 (95% CI: 0.97-1.32) and that of obesity was estimated 1.79 (95% CI: 1.52-2.11). No evidence of heterogeneity and publication bias was observed.
conclusionThis meta-analysis demonstrated that, though not to a great extent, obesity does increase the risk of hot flash. The findings from this meta-analysis indicated that obesity is associated with an increased risk of hot flash. Further large prospective cohort studies are required to provide convincing evidence as to whether or not BMI is associated with an increased risk of hot flashes.
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