Quality of life impairment among postmenopausal women varies according to race.

Background: Few studies have addressed the impact of menopausal symptom severity over quality of life (QoL) in Latin American women with different ethnics.

Objective: To assess menopausal symptom severity and the QoL among postmenopausal Colombian women with three different ethnicities.

Method: Data of healthy naturally occurring postmenopausal Hispanic, indigenous and black women aged 40-59 years who participated in a cross-sectional study filling out the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and a general questionnaire was analysed.