1. Does the menopausal transition affect health-related quality of life?
Karen A. Matthews, PhD, Joyce T. Bromberger, PhD 
The American Journal of Medicine 
Volume 118, Issue 12, Pages (December 2005)
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2. Figure 1
Hypothetical models of the relation of menopausal status and chronologic aging to change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Shown are change due to chronologic aging, with no effect of the perimenopause (Peri, a); change due to the perimenopause followed by recovery to the level of aging during the postmenopause (Post, b); change due to the perimenopause and a resetting at an elevated level but parallel to the effects of chronologic aging during the postmenopause (c); and change due to the perimenopause followed by continued change at a rate higher than the effect of aging (d). Pre = premenopause.
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