Open AccessCurrent Smoking at Menopause Rather Than Duration Determines the Onset of Natural Menopause
Author(s) -
Kristel M. van Asselt,
Helen S. Kok,
Yvonne T. van der Schouw,
Diederick E. Grobbee,
Egbert R. te Velde,
P. L. Pearson,
Petra H.M. Peeters
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000134868.53468.b7
Subject(s) - menopause , medicine , confidence interval , demography , relative risk , cohort , cohort study , natural history , population , environmental health , sociology
Smoking has frequently been associated with early menopause. However, studies of this association have been inconclusive with regard to duration and intensity of smoking. A major problem in analyzing the effect of smoking duration on menopausal age is that both exposure and outcome are age-dependent.