Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors During the Perimenopause and Postmenopause and Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Healthy Women | Zendy

Karen A. Matthews | Zendy; Lewis H. Kuller | Zendy; Kim Sutton-Tyrrell | Zendy; YueFang Chang | Zendy

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Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors During the Perimenopause and Postmenopause and Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Healthy Women

Author(s) -

Karen A. Matthews,

Lewis H. Kuller,

Kim Sutton-Tyrrell,

YueFang Chang

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.32.5.1104

Subject(s) - medicine , menopause , body mass index , blood pressure , risk factor , pulse pressure , intima media thickness , cardiology , common carotid artery , endocrinology , obstetrics , gynecology , carotid arteries

The objectives of this study were to describe the changes in cardiovascular risk factors during the perimenopausal and early postmenopausal years and correlate those changes in risk factors with carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) and plaque index measured 5 to 8 years after menopause.

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