Article
Predictive factors for age at menopause in Caucasian females.
Maturitas - 20 Apr 2006
Dvornyk Volodymyr, Long Ji-Rong, Liu Peng-Yuan, Zhao Lan-Juan, Shen Hui, Recker Robert R, Deng Hong-Wen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Early onset of menopause results in the premature exposure to low estrogen levels and is associated with a number of postmenopausal health problems and higher risk of mortality. The aim of this study was to determine genetic and environmental factors associated with age at natural and surgical menopause. METHODS: Multiple regression analysis using a sample of Caucasians composed of 154 females with...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Alcohol Drinking
- Breast Feeding
- Causality
- Estrogen Receptor alpha
- Female
- Humans
- Menopause
- Middle Aged
- Parity
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Pregnancy
- Smoking
- United States
- White People
