ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2012
Type and timing of menopause and later life mortality among women in the Iowa Established Populations for theEpidemiological Study of the Elderly (EPESE) cohort.
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- Meta-analysis: Early Age at Natural Menopause and Risk for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
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- Sex disparity in long-term stroke recurrence and mortality in a rural population in the United States.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2020Article
- Ages at menarche and menopause and reproductive lifespan as predictors of exceptional longevity in women: the Women's Health Initiative.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2017Article
- Association of menopause age and N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- Age at menopause and incident heart failure: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2014Article
- Menopause, atherosclerosis, and coronary artery disease.Current opinion in pharmacology · 2013Review
- Sex differences in age-related cardiovascular mortality.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe relationship between menopausal characteristics and later life mortality is unclear. We tested the hypotheses that women with surgical menopause would have increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared with women with natural menopause, and that women with earlier ages at natural or surgical menopause would have greater all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than women with later ages at menopause.
methodsWomen who participated in the Iowa cohort of the Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (n=1684) reported menopausal characteristics and potential confounding variables at baseline and were followed up for up to 24 years. Participants were aged 65 years or older at baseline and lived in rural areas. We used survival analysis to examine the relationships between menopausal characteristics and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
resultsA total of 1477 women (87.7% of respondents) died during the study interval. Women with an age at natural menopause ≥55 years had increased all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality compared with women who had natural menopause at younger ages. Type of menopause and age at surgical menopause were not related to mortality. These patterns persisted after adjustment for potential confounding variables.
conclusionsAmong an older group of women from a rural area of the United States, later age at natural menopause was related to increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Monitoring the cardiovascular health of this group of older women may contribute to improved survival times.
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