Trisomic Pregnancy and Earlier Age at Menopause

Age at Menopause and Its Main Predictors among Iranian Women

Determinants of Age at Natural Menopause in Shiraz

The mean age at natural menopause and its determinants among Shirazi women (southern Iran) was calculated.  The data were obtained from a population- based cross-sectional study carried out in the year 2000.  Interviews were carried out and observations made on 948 women who had incurred natural menopause. They were randomly chosen using postal zones housing sample framework of Shiraz.Mean±SD a...

Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Age at Menopause

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorobenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a halogenated compound that binds the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, is a by-product of numerous industrial processes including waste incineration. Studies in rats and monkeys suggest that TCDD may affect ovarian function. We examined the relationship of TCDD and age at menopause in a population of women residing near Seveso, Italy, in 1976, at the time of ...

Pulse pressure and age at menopause

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to study the association of early age at menopause with pulse pressure (PP), a marker of arterial stiffness, and PP change. METHODS: The effect of natural menopause was studied in 2484 women from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study who had not used hormone replacement therapy and who had not had a hysterectomy. The cross-sectional ass...

POLG mutations and age at menopause.

Bennett CE, Conway GS, Macpherson JN, Jacobs PA, Murray A. Intermediate sized CGG repeats are not a common cause of idiopathic premature ovarian failure. Hum Reprod 2010;25:1335–1338. Chen LS, Tassone F, Sahota P, Hagerman PJ. The (CGG)n repeat element within the 5′ untranslated region of the FMR1 message provides both positive and negative cis effects on in vivo translation of a downstream rep...