Increased long-term recreational physical activity is associated with older age at natural menopause among heavy smokers: The California Teachers Study

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-290

  Emaus, Aina ^a,b   Dieli Conwright, Christina ^a   Xu, Xinxin ^a   Lacey, James V ^a   Ingles, Sue A ^c   Reynolds, Peggy ^d,e   Bernstein, Leslie ^a   Henderson, Katherine D ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Cancer Prevention Institute of California   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at natural menopause; Cohort studies.; Physical activity; Reproductive factors; Smoking status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECREATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027922008     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31826ce3d4     Document Type: Article

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