Effect of estrogen therapy for 1 year on thyroid volume and thyroid nodules in postmenopausal women.

Objective: Estrogen receptors are present in thyroid follicular cells in normal and neoplastic tissue. We evaluated changes in total thyroid volume and volume of thyroid nodules in postmenopausal women given either hormone therapy (HT) or no treatment in a 1-year observational follow-up.

Design: We studied 33 women receiving HT and 76 women receiving no treatment, comparing total thyroid volume, thyroid nodule volume, and serum concentrations of thyroid-stimulating hormone and estradiol at baseline and 1 year of follow-up.

Sexual and psychological symptoms in the climacteric years.

Objectives: To provide epidemiological data about psychological and sexual functioning during menopausal transition in a large Italian non-clinical sample, and to investigate their correlation with life events.

Methods: The study design was a cross-sectional postal survey of a menopausal sample of women recruited from the General Registry Office in Ferrara's province. The sample was composed of four thousand and seventy-three women; they were sent a questionnaire designed on the basis of the Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ).

Psychological status at the menopausal transition: an Italian epidemiological study.

Objectives: To provide epidemiological data about psychological symptoms derived from a large Italian non-clinical sample, and to investigate the correlation with psychosocial factors.

Methods: The study design was a cross-sectional postal survey of a sample of menopausal women recruited from the General Registry Office in Ferrara's province. Four thousands and seventy-three women were sent a questionnaire designed on the basis of the Women Health Questionnaire (WHQ).