Consumo dietético de fitoestrógenos por mulheres adultas e idosas e associação com sintomas climatéricos

Abstract

During perimenopause is the decline in production of the female hormones that cause physical and psychological symptoms affecting the quality of life of women. To relieve such symptoms new treatment options have been studied, as the consumption of phytoestrogens. The aim of this study was to estimate the consumption of phytoestrogens in postmenopausal women and the association with climacteric symptoms and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. The sample consisted of 100 women in the southwest of Paraná, submited to anthropometric assessment, implementation of the Kupperman Menopausal Index to assess the severity of menopausal symptoms and a food diary for three days to estimate the consumption of phytoestrogens. The results showed that 64% of the evaluated women were postmenopausal, 50% had moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms and 70% presented overweight. About the consumption of phytoestrogens, 61% showed consumption of isoflavones <0.5 mg / day and 58% lignans consumption <1.0 mg / day. It was observed relationship between higher intensity of climacteric symptoms and greater waist circumference and number of chronic diseases. Thus, there is the low consumption of phytoestrogens found in women studied and the high frequency overweight and moderate to severe menopausal symptoms, which related to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, and the presence of more chronic non transferable.