Prevalence, frequency and problem rating of hot flushes persist in older postmenopausal women: Impact of age, body mass index, hysterectomy, hormone therapy use, lifestyle and mood in a cross-sectional cohort study of 10 418 British women aged 54-65

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-50

  Hunter, M S ^a   Gentry Maharaj, A ^b   Ryan, A ^b   Burnell, M ^b   Lanceley, A ^b   Fraser, L ^b   Jacobs, I ^b   Menon, U ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; body mass index; education; frequency; hormone therapy; hot flushes; mood; night sweats; prevalence; smoking; vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFESTYLE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 83655191919     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03166.x     Document Type: Article

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