Rakibul M Islam, Molly Bond, Aida Ghalebeigi, Yuanyuan Wang, Karen Walker-Bone, Susan R Davis
{"title":"Prevalence and severity of symptoms across the menopause transition: cross-sectional findings from the Australian Women's Midlife Years (AMY) Study","authors":"Rakibul M Islam, Molly Bond, Aida Ghalebeigi, Yuanyuan Wang, Karen Walker-Bone, Susan R Davis","doi":"10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00138-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00138-x","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>The premenopause-to-perimenopause transition is defined by the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop +10 (STRAW+10) criteria according to changed menstrual cycle frequency. However, this approach is unhelpful for women and gender-diverse people with oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea, and also because a range of diverse symptoms have been ascribed to menopause. We investigated the prevalence and severity of symptoms from the late reproductive stage to late postmenopause, identifying those which might best differentiate menopause onset.<h3>Methods</h3>The Australian Women's Midlife Years (AMY) Study was a nationally representative cross-sectional study of women aged 40–69 years who were recruited via a non-probability panel using online and offline sources between Oct 27, 2023, and March 19, 2024. To be eligible, participants needed to be able to complete a questionnaire in English. Menopausal symptoms were assessed using the Menopause-specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire. Symptom prevalence and severity over the previous 4 weeks was calculated with 95% CIs, with prevalence ratios adjusted for age, BMI, and other demographic variables.<h3>Findings</h3>8096 women were recruited: 5509 women were classified using STRAW+10 as premenopausal (n=1250), early perimenopausal (n=344), late perimenopausal (n=271), and postmenopausal (n=3644). Among moderately-to-severely bothersome symptoms, hot flushes showed the greatest change in prevalence from premenopause (8·8% [95% CI 7·2–10·4]) to late perimenopause (37·3% [31·5–43·0]; adjusted prevalence ratio 4·74 [95% CI 3·64–6·19]). Less variation was apparent for other symptoms, including poor memory and low mood. Vaginal dryness was the most discriminative sexual symptom from premenopause to late perimenopause (adjusted prevalence ratio 2·54 [95% CI 1·78–3·61]). Women with vasomotor symptoms and changed menstrual flow had more prevalent moderately-to-severely bothersome symptoms compared with women without vasomotor symptoms. Compared with premenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms and changed menstrual flow, early perimenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms reported a higher prevalence of poor memory (adjusted prevalence ratio 1·36 [95% CI 1·06–1·75]).<h3>Interpretation</h3>Our findings suggest that moderately-to-severely bothersome vasomotor symptoms can reliably indicate the onset of perimenopause in women with oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea. Although other symptoms might be caused or exacerbated by menopause, other factors contributing to their occurrence need to be considered and included in management and care. Additionally, treatment options and care pathways are crucial to improve wellbeing during the perimenopause.<h3>Funding</h3>National Health and Medical Research Council.<h3>Translations</h3>For the Chinese and Spanish translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.","PeriodicalId":48790,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144710701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricardo V Cohen, Gerhard Prager, Carel W le Roux, Ildiko Lingvay, Paulina Salminen
{"title":"International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity statement on metabolic bariatric surgery after pharmacotherapy-induced weight loss in clinical obesity","authors":"Ricardo V Cohen, Gerhard Prager, Carel W le Roux, Ildiko Lingvay, Paulina Salminen","doi":"10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00198-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00198-6","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":48790,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology","volume":"277 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean Claude Katte, Steven Squires, Mesmin Y Dehayem, Priscilla A Balungi, Carolyn J Padoa, Dhriti Sengupta, Segun Fatumo, Thereza Piloya, Catherine Nyangabyaki-Twesigye, Silver Bahendeka, Edna Majaliwa, Kandi C Muze, Kaushik Ramaiya, Suzanne Sap, Ayesha A Motala, Fraser J Pirie, Paul Rheeder, Jacobus C Van Dyk, Jean Claude Mbanya, Beverley M Shields, Angus G Jones
{"title":"Non-autoimmune, insulin-deficient diabetes in children and young adults in Africa: evidence from the Young-Onset Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa (YODA) cross-sectional study","authors":"Jean Claude Katte, Steven Squires, Mesmin Y Dehayem, Priscilla A Balungi, Carolyn J Padoa, Dhriti Sengupta, Segun Fatumo, Thereza Piloya, Catherine Nyangabyaki-Twesigye, Silver Bahendeka, Edna Majaliwa, Kandi C Muze, Kaushik Ramaiya, Suzanne Sap, Ayesha A Motala, Fraser J Pirie, Paul Rheeder, Jacobus C Van Dyk, Jean Claude Mbanya, Beverley M Shields, Angus G Jones","doi":"10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00120-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00120-2","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Studies of type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa have suggested that the clinical phenotype might differ from phenotypes reported elsewhere. We aimed to establish whether type 1 diabetes diagnosed in children and young adults in three countries across sub-Saharan Africa is of autoimmune origin.<h3>Methods</h3>In this observational, cross-sectional study, we identified participants without obesity from outpatient clinics in government and private hospitals in Cameroon, Uganda, and South Africa who were of self-reported Black African ethnicity with young-onset (age <30 years), insulin-treated, clinically diagnosed type 1 diabetes. We measured islet autoantibodies to GADA, IA-2A, and ZnT8A, and calculated a genetic risk score (GRS) for type 1 diabetes, which we compared with control populations without diabetes derived from the Uganda Genome Resource databank and other studies. Endogenous insulin secretion was assessed using plasma C-peptide. We compared findings with those for participants with self-reported Black (n=429) and White (n=2602) ancestry with type 1 diabetes from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth (SEARCH) study in the USA.<h3>Findings</h3>Of 1072 participants identified between Aug 28, 2019, and March 31, 2022 (Cameroon and Uganda), and Oct 3, 2007, to Sept 14, 2015 (South Africa), 894 were included in our analysis (454 [50·8%] were male and 440 [49·2%] were female): 248 participants were from Cameroon, 370 from Uganda, and 276 from South Africa. Participants from sub-Saharan Africa were diagnosed with diabetes at a median age of 15 years (IQR 11–19), with a median diabetes duration of 5 years (2–10), and a BMI of 21·7 kg/m<sup>2</sup> (19·5–24·1). Only 312 (34·9%) of 894 participants were positive for islet autoantibodies; these participants had classic features of type 1 diabetes, including 225 (82·7%) of 272 with plasma C-peptide <200 pmol/L, and high type 1 diabetes GRS. Those without islet autoantibodies (582 [65·1%] of 894) had significantly lower median type 1 diabetes GRS than those with autoantibodies (9·66 [IQR 7·77–11·33] <em>vs</em> 11·76 [10·49–12·91]; p<0·0001), suggesting a subgroup with a non-autoimmune diabetes subtype, with clinical features and C-peptide concentrations not consistent with type 2 diabetes. Among participants diagnosed younger than 20 years, autoantibody-negative diabetes was also observed in 65 (15·1%) of 429 participants with Black ancestry in SEARCH (although less frequently than in sub-Saharan Africa [59 (55·1%) of 107]), and these participants also had a low type 1 diabetes GRS (median 10·41 [IQR 8·65–12·22] in autoantibody-negative subgroup). No such pattern was observed in White participants in SEARCH: 241 (9·3%) of 2602 were autoantibody negative and median GRS for type 1 diabetes was similar in autoantibody-negative and autoantibody-positive participants (median 13·42 [IQR 11·80–14·61] <em>vs</em> 13·49 [12·29–14·58]).<h3>Interpretation</h3>In sub-Saharan Africa, clin","PeriodicalId":48790,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144677968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond a singular focus on GLP-1: why we need a new nomenclature now","authors":"Marcel H A Muskiet, Mark M Smits","doi":"10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00197-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00197-4","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":48790,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144645546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coco M Fuhri Snethlage, Paul Smeets, Pleun de Groen, Elena Rampanelli, Daniël H van Raalte, J Hans DeVries, Abraham S Meijnikman, Sarah Siegelaar, Bastiaan E de Galan, Bart O Roep, Max Nieuwdorp, Nordin M J Hanssen
{"title":"Sex-based disparities in perceived versus objective glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional cohort study","authors":"Coco M Fuhri Snethlage, Paul Smeets, Pleun de Groen, Elena Rampanelli, Daniël H van Raalte, J Hans DeVries, Abraham S Meijnikman, Sarah Siegelaar, Bastiaan E de Galan, Bart O Roep, Max Nieuwdorp, Nordin M J Hanssen","doi":"10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00136-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(25)00136-6","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":48790,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144645545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}