Independent association between age at natural menopause and hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus: Japan nurses' health study

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Lee, Jung Su ^a   Hayashi, Kunihiko ^b   Mishra, Gita ^c   Yasui, Toshiyuki ^d   Kubota, Toshiro ^e   Mizunuma, Hideki ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Cardiovascular risk factor; Hormone replacement therapy; Lifestyle; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874431631     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.14746     Document Type: Article

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