P-83. An Evaluation of Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) of Japanese Women During Peri-menopausal Period

Effects of the Kampo medication keishibukuryogan on blood pressure in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women

“…The systolic and diastolic blood pressure was measured and recorded in 1448 of the 1523 SHNEP participants. Of these, 374 (25.8%) women had hypertension and 260 (18.0%) had high-normal blood pressure (Table 1) according to the European Society of Hypertension and European Society of Cardiology criteria [10]. Grade 1 hypertension was diagnosed in 280 (19.3%) women, grade 2 hypertension in 70 (4.8%) women, and grade 3 hypertension in 24 (1.7%) women.…”

“…Hypertension and high-normal blood pressure were defined according to criteria by the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology [10] ( Table 1).…”

“…A woman was classified as being in the menopause transition if she had had a menstrual period within the past 12 months but had missed a period or had had irregular cycles in the past 3 months; a woman was classified as postmenopausal if she had not had a menstrual period in the past 12 months [8,9]. Hypertension and high‐normal blood pressure were defined according to criteria by the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology [10] (Table 1).…”