Titre : | Does age at natural menopause affect mortality from ischemic heart disease ? (1997) |
Auteurs : | B.K. JACOBSEN ; I. HEUCH ; G. KVALE ; S. NILSSEN |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Journal of clinical epidemiology (vol. 50, n° 4, 1997) |
Pagination : | 475-479 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Myocarde ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Femme ; Homme ; Ménopause ; Age ; Norvège ; Europe ; Appareil circulatoire [pathologie] ; Cardiopathie coronaire ; Myocarde [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST rDjfR0x9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We examined the relationship between age at natural menopause and mortality of ischemic heart disease in 19,309 Norwegian postmenopausal women. A total of 2767 fatal infarctions occurred during 29 years of follow up. Overall, a relatively weak inverse relationship was seen with approximately 10% lower ischemic heart disease mortality in women aged 47 years at the menopause compared to women with an early menopause ( |