Body mass index and age at natural menopause: A meta-analysis

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 469-474

  Tao, Xingyong ^a,b   Jiang, Anran ^a   Yin, Liping ^a   Li, Yingchun ^a   Tao, Fangbiao ^a,b   Hu, Huaqing ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

Author keywords

Age at natural menopause; Body mass index; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; LEPTIN;

AGE AT NATURAL MENOPAUSE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EMBASE; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 84926627256     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000324     Document Type: Article

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