Are climacteric complaints associated with risk factors of cardiovascular disease in peri-menopausal women?

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 359-362

  Cagnacci, Angelo ^a   Palma, Federica ^a   Romani, Cecilia ^a   Xholli, Anjeza ^a   Bellafronte, Manuela ^a   Di Carlo, Costantino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Hot flush; Lipid; Menopause; Mood

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLIMACTERIUM; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREENE CLIMACTERIC SCALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HOT FLASHES; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWEATING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEATING; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84931466035     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2014.998188     Document Type: Article

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