Vasomotor menopausal symptoms are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-151

  Gast, Gerrie Cor M ^a,b   Pop, Victor J M ^c   Samsioe, Göran N ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Nilsson, Peter M ^b   Keyzer, Jules J ^d   Wijnands Van Gent, Colette J M ^e   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Diagnostic Center   (Netherlands)

^e Research Unit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Hot flushes; Night sweats; Vasomotor menopausal symptoms; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; VASOMOTOR MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SWEATING; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 79951575715     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181f464fb     Document Type: Article

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