Menstrual cycle characteristics and risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2379-2381

  Gast, Gerrie Cor M ^a,b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Smit, Henriette A ^c   Bueno De Mesquita, H Bas ^c   Samsioe, Göran N ^b   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; Menstrual cycle characteristics; metabolic disturbances; sex hormones; type 2 diabetes; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049254379     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.044     Document Type: Article

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