Association of Age at Menopause With Incident Heart Failure: A Prospective Cohort Study and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Appiah, Duke ^a   Schreiner, Pamela J ^a   Demerath, Ellen W ^a   Loehr, Laura R ^c   Chang, Patricia P ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Menopause; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAECKE QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006943500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003769     Document Type: Article

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