Reproductive factors, metabolic factors, and coronary artery calcification in older women

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 899-904

  Atsma, Femke ^a   Bartelink, Marie Louise E L ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Rutten, Annemarieke ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Prokop, Matthias ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Coronary calcium; Glucose; Gravidity; Menstrual cycle pattern; Metabolic syndrome; Parity; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPARA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; AORTA DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58249086301     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181653d7d     Document Type: Article

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