Reproductive factors and its association with peripheral arterial disease in women aged 52-81 years: The KORA F4 study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 224-229

  Stöckl, Doris ^a,b   Döring, Angela ^a   Thorand, Barbara ^a   Heier, Margit ^a,c   Peters, Annette ^a   Lamina, Claudia ^d   Kronenberg, Florian ^d   Meisinger, Christa ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Childbearing; Lower extremity arterial occlusive disease; Menopause; Reproductive factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84876800988     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.01.035     Document Type: Article

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