Risk factors for hot flashes among women undergoing the menopausal transition: Baseline results from the Midlife Women's Health Study

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1098-1107

  Gallicchio, Lisa ^a,b,c   Miller, Susan R ^d   Kiefer, Judith ^d   Greene, Teresa ^d   Zacur, Howard A ^d   Flaws, Jodi A ^e  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hot flashes; Ovarian volume; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLIMACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; AGE; BLOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84942508668     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000434     Document Type: Article

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