Study Links Muscle Mass to Severity of Hot Flashes in Women

FRIDAY, Nov. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Older women with musculus nonaccomplishment are little apt to person menopause-related hot flashes, a caller survey finds.

The nonaccomplishment of musculus wide and relation (sarcopenia) is 1 of the astir important changes that occurs with age, and older women are astatine accrued hazard owed to enactment hormone changes aft menopause.

Other hazard factors for sarcopenia see inactivity, little macromolecule intake, changes successful maturation hormone levels and accrued inflammation.

There's a known nexus betwixt age-linked nonaccomplishment of musculus and menopause, but the transportation betwixt sarcopenia and assorted menopause symptoms specified arsenic blistery flashes has been little clear.

In this survey of astir 300 Korean women ages 40 to 65, researchers led by Dr. Hyuntae Park, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ay Korea University's College of Medicine successful Seoul, investigated the relation betwixt assemblage creation -- including abdominous and musculus -- and blistery flashes and different menopause symptoms.

Park and colleagues recovered that blistery flashes are little communal successful women with sarcopenia, according to the survey published online Nov. 8 successful Menopause, the diary of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

The caller findings are "particularly important fixed the aging colonisation and the links betwixt sarcopenia successful older women and decreased mobility, accrued hazard of falls and reduced wellness span, and prime of life," noted Dr. Stephanie Faubion, NAMS aesculapian director. She spoke successful a nine quality release.

Older women with musculus nonaccomplishment are astatine an accrued hazard of reduced mobility, diminished prime of life, heart disease and fall-related injuries.

Previous blistery flash studies person focused connected the narration betwixt body wide index (an estimation of assemblage abdominous based connected height and weight) and waist circumference, but they didn't measure the percent of abdominous versus muscle.

Hot flashes are 1 of the astir communal and troublesome menopause symptoms and are associated with respective chronic disorders, including obesity, insulin absorption (a precursor to diabetes), osteoporosis and bosom disease.

More information

The U.S. National Institute connected Aging has much astir hot flashes.

SOURCE: North American Menopause Society, quality release, Nov. 10, 2021