Type of Menopause, Age at Menopause, and Risk of Developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Postmenopausal Women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1370-1379

  Huang, Tianyi ^a,b   Lin, Brian M ^a,c   Redline, Susan ^d   Curhan, Gary C ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b,e   Tworoger, Shelley S ^b,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

age at menopause; hysterectomy; obstructive sleep apnea; oophorectomy; risk factors; sleep epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; SEX HORMONE; SLEEP; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREND STUDY; AGE; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENOPAUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 85051422005     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy011     Document Type: Article

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