Substance use and menopausal symptoms among people with and without HIV in the US, 2008-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study is to assess associations between substance use and menopausal symptoms among US people living with and without HIV in a longitudinal cohort.

Methods

We analyzed self-reported menopausal symptoms and substance use from biannual Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) visits from 2008-2020. Substance use since the last visit or lifetime cumulative use included tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, crack/cocaine, and opioids. Logistic regression quantified associations between each substance use and menopausal symptom frequency (vasomotor, mood, and musculoskeletal), adjusting for other substance use, HIV status, demographics, comorbidities, and trauma.

Results

A total of 1,949 participants contributed early perimenopausal, late perimenopausal, or pos

SUBMITTER: Knittel AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882017 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature