Association of age at onset of menopause and time since onset of menopause with cardiovascular outcomes, intermediate vascular traits, and all-cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

JAMA Cardiology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 767-776

  Muka, Taulant ^a   Oliver Williams, Clare ^b   Kunutsor, Setor ^b   Laven, Joop S E ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^c   Chowdhury, Rajiv ^b   Kavousi, Maryam ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLIMACTERIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EXPOSURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

AGE OF ONSET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 85013645279     PISSN: 23806583     EISSN: 23806591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.2415     Document Type: Article

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