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dc.contributor.authorGold, Ellen B.
dc.contributor.authorBlock, Gladys
dc.contributor.authorCrawford, Sybil L.
dc.contributor.authorLachance, Laurie
dc.contributor.authorFitzGerald, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorMiracle, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Sheryl
dc.date2022-08-11T08:11:04.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:31:42Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:31:42Z
dc.date.issued2004-06-12
dc.date.submitted2007-01-25
dc.identifier.citationAm J Epidemiol. 2004 Jun 15;159(12):1189-99. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwh168">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn0002-9262 (Print)
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/aje/kwh168
dc.identifier.pmid15191936
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/50792
dc.description.abstractResults of recent trials highlight the risks of hormone therapy, increasing the importance of identifying preventive lifestyle factors related to menopausal symptoms. The authors examined the relation of such factors to vasomotor symptoms in the multiethnic sample of 3,302 women, aged 42-52 years at baseline (1995-1997), in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). All lifestyle factors and symptoms were self-reported. Serum hormone and gonadotropin concentrations were measured once in days 2-7 of the menstrual cycle. After adjustment for covariates using multiple logistic regression, significantly more African-American and Hispanic and fewer Chinese and Japanese than Caucasian women reported vasomotor symptoms. Fewer women with postgraduate education reported vasomotor symptoms. Passive exposure to smoke, but not active smoking, higher body mass index, premenstrual symptoms, perceived stress, and age were also significantly associated with vasomotor symptoms, although a dose-response relation with hours of smoke exposure was not observed. No dietary nutrients were significantly associated with vasomotor symptoms. These cross-sectional findings require further longitudinal exploration to identify lifestyle changes for women that may help prevent vasomotor symptoms.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15191936&dopt=Abstract">Link to article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwh168
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectBody Mass Index
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectDemography
dc.subjectDiet
dc.subjectEducational Status
dc.subjectEthnic Groups
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subject*Life Style
dc.subject*Menopause
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectReference Values
dc.subjectSmoking
dc.subjectStress, Psychological
dc.subjectVasomotor System
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectWomen's Studies
dc.titleLifestyle and demographic factors in relation to vasomotor symptoms: baseline results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleAmerican journal of epidemiology
dc.source.volume159
dc.source.issue12
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/32
dc.identifier.contextkey245176
html.description.abstract<p>Results of recent trials highlight the risks of hormone therapy, increasing the importance of identifying preventive lifestyle factors related to menopausal symptoms. The authors examined the relation of such factors to vasomotor symptoms in the multiethnic sample of 3,302 women, aged 42-52 years at baseline (1995-1997), in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). All lifestyle factors and symptoms were self-reported. Serum hormone and gonadotropin concentrations were measured once in days 2-7 of the menstrual cycle. After adjustment for covariates using multiple logistic regression, significantly more African-American and Hispanic and fewer Chinese and Japanese than Caucasian women reported vasomotor symptoms. Fewer women with postgraduate education reported vasomotor symptoms. Passive exposure to smoke, but not active smoking, higher body mass index, premenstrual symptoms, perceived stress, and age were also significantly associated with vasomotor symptoms, although a dose-response relation with hours of smoke exposure was not observed. No dietary nutrients were significantly associated with vasomotor symptoms. These cross-sectional findings require further longitudinal exploration to identify lifestyle changes for women that may help prevent vasomotor symptoms.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathwfc_pp/32
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
dc.source.pages1189-99


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