Risk factors for night sweats and hot flushes in midlife: Results from a prospective cohort study

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 953-959

  Herber Gast, Gerrie Cor M ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^b   Brown, Wendy J ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hot flushes; Longitudinal analyses; Menopause; Night sweats; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84883652970     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e3182844a7c     Document Type: Article

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