Gains in body fat and vasomotor symptom reporting over the menopausal transition

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 766-774

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Sowers, Maryfran R ^c   Sternfeld, Barbara ^d   Gold, Ellen B ^e   Bromberger, Joyce ^b   Chang, Yuefang ^a   Joffe, Hadine ^f   Crandall, Carolyn J ^g   Waetjen, L Elaine ^e   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Adiposity; Body composition; Body fat distribution; Climacteric; Hot flashes; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ANNUAL REVIEW; FAT; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLIMACTERIUM; EDUCATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MENOPAUSE; NIGHT SWEAT; PARITY; RACE; SMOKING; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEATING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 69949150208     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp203     Document Type: Article

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