Postmenopausal status and early menopause as independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis

F Atsma, MLEL Bartelink, DE Grobbee… - Menopause, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Loss of ovarian function and subsequent deficiency of endogenous estrogens is
suggested to enhance cardiovascular disease risk and related death after menopause. The …

Age at menopause, cause-specific mortality and total life expectancy

ME Ossewaarde, ML Bots, ALM Verbeek… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: A later menopause has been associated with a decreased cardiovascular risk
but with an increased risk for breast and endometrial cancer. The net effect on mortality is …

Heart disease risk determines menopausal age rather than the reverse

HS Kok, KM van Asselt, YT van der Schouw… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a harmful cardiovascular
risk profile accelerates menopause. Background : Women with an early menopause are at an …

Endogenous estrogen exposure and cardiovascular mortality risk in postmenopausal women

MJJ De Kleijn, YT Van der Schouw… - American journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
In this study, the authors investigated whether combined information on reproductive factors
has additive value to the single reproductive factor age at menopause for assessing …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary fiber, carbohydrate quality and quantity, and mortality risk of individuals with diabetes mellitus

KNJ Burger, JWJ Beulens, YT van der Schouw, I Sluijs… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Dietary fiber, carbohydrate quality and quantity are associated with mortality
risk in the general population. Whether this is also the case among diabetes patients is …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the associations of age and menopause with cardiovascular risk factors in a large population-based study

AC De Kat, V Dam, NC Onland-Moret, MJC Eijkemans… - BMC medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Although the association between menopause and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
risk has been studied extensively, the simultaneous role of chronological aging herein …

Menopause and cardiovascular disease

Y Van der Graaf, MJJ de Kleijn… - Journal of Psychosomatic …, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women can be influenced by endogenous and exogenous
hormones. For both sexes, the risk of CVD shows a linear increase with age, but at all ages …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and digestible carbohydrate intake are not associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in eight European countries

I Sluijs, JWJ Beulens, YT Van Der Schouw… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The association of glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) with the risk of type 2
diabetes remains unclear. We investigated associations of dietary GI, GL, and digestible …

Lipid profile of women with premature ovarian failure

EAH Knauff, HE Westerveld, AJ Goverde… - Menopause, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Earlier menopause is associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events
later in life. Concurrent with the ages of menopausal transition, a shift in lipid profile takes …

Cognitive function across the life course and the menopausal transition in a British birth cohort

HS Kok, D Kuh, R Cooper, YT Van der Schouw… - Menopause, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Despite biological plausibility, relationships between menopause and cognitive
function are inconsistent. We investigated whether menopause status and menopause age …