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Heart Disease Risk Determines Menopausal Age Rather Than the Reverse

Helen S. Kok, MD, PhD^_*,,, Kristel M. van Asselt, MD, PhD^_*,,, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, PhD^_*,_*, Ingeborg van der Tweel, PhD, Petra H.M. Peeters, MD, PhD^_*, Peter W.F. Wilson, MD, PhD^||, Peter L. Pearson, MD, PhD and Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, PhD^_*

^_* Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care
Department of Reproductive Medicine
Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center
Center for Biostatistics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
^|| The Framingham Heart Study, Boston-University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Distribution of age at menopause.

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Association of years before menopause (MP0 = menopause; MP_1 = one examination before menopause; MP_2 = two examinations before menopause, and so on) and mean cholesterol level in mg/dl.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Association of years before menopause (MP0 = menopause; MP_1 = one examination before menopause; MP_2 = two examinations before menopause, and so on) and mean relative weight.