ReviewJournal of women's health (2002)2010
Factors that may influence the experience of hot flushes by healthy middle-aged women.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Genetic Variation and Hot Flashes: A Systematic Review.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2020Pooled it
- Moderate Consumption of Beer (with and without Ethanol) and Menopausal Symptoms: Results from a Parallel Clinical Trial in Postmenopausal Women.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Visfatin correlates with hot flashes in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome: effects of genistein.Endocrine · 2017Trial
- Relationship between coffee consumption and vasomotor symptom severity in Turkish Postmenopausal Women.African health sciences · 2026Article
- Inequalities in hormone replacement therapy prescribing in UK primary care: population based cohort study.BMJ medicine · 2025Article
- Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and hot flash outcomes: Longitudinal associations in the Midlife Women's Health Study.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial onIntegrative medicine research · 2022Article
- Parabens and Menopause-Related Health Outcomes in Midlife Women: A Pilot Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Article
- Hot Flashes in Adolescence and Young Adult Females: a Link to Vitamin D and Calcium.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2022Article
- The Effects of Environmental Contaminant Exposure on Reproductive Aging and the Menopause Transition.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- Multimodal Care for Headaches, Lumbopelvic Pain, and Dysmenorrhea in a Woman With Endometriosis: A Case Report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2021Article
- Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and hot flashes in women from an urban convenience sample of midlife women.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Associations Among BMI, Dietary Macronutrient Consumption, and Climacteric Symptoms in Korean Menopausal Women.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Sleep and Methylation of Estrogen Receptor Genes,Nature and science of sleep · 2020Article
- Hormone variability and hot flash experience: Results from the midlife women's health study.Maturitas · 2019Article
- Understanding the complex relationships underlying hot flashes: a Bayesian network approach.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Article
- The Midlife Women's Health Study - a study protocol of a longitudinal prospective study on predictors of menopausal hot flashes.Women's midlife health · 2017Article
- Beer Polyphenols and Menopause: Effects and Mechanisms-A Review of Current Knowledge.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2017Review
- Phthalate metabolite levels and menopausal hot flashes in midlife women.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundInterest in menopausal symptoms in general and hot flushes (HFs) in particular has grown in recent years. This is mostly due to increased awareness and the vast impact these symptoms have on women's lives. Despite the high prevalence of women who experience HFs, a definitive etiology for HFs is yet to be found. Our objective was to review the current literature dealing with associated factors for experiencing HFs and to provide a synthesized overview on this common and often debilitating condition.
methodsWe systematically searched the English-language literature in the PubMed database using relevant key words and included only those articles that contained information on associated factors for HFs in generally healthy midlife women.
resultsBoth conflicting scientific results between studies documenting factors that influence HFs and the lack of validated measuring tools make it difficult to truly pinpoint associated factors for HFs. Nonetheless, we identified the following clusters of associated factors: the menopausal stages, sex steroid hormones, other endocrine agents, genetic polymorphisms, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI) and obesity, mood disorders, smoking, soy isoflavones and phytoestrogens, alcohol consumption, and physical activity.
conclusionsNo single associated factor was consistently identified as having a major role in experiencing HFs. More resources should be directed to develop a unified study system along with multivariable analyses to get a better understanding of this condition, which often imposes a tremendous social and personal toll on the women who experience it.
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