OBJECTIVE To examine the risk of breast cancer in pre- and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a population-based retrospective cohort study. Cox regression, stratified by pre- (<55 years) and postmenopausal (≥55 years) status, was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for breast cancer, during earlier (0-3 months) and later (3 months to 10 yea...

– Circulating adipokines, such as leptin and adiponectin, have been considered as having a major role in the bone-fat relationship. The present study was designed to determine the possible impact of adiponectin, leptin and LAR on hip fracture prediction in postmenopausal women hospitalized for fragility fracture.This monocentric, prospective study consisted of 104 postmenopausal women divided i...

  Introduction: Diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis are two frequent medical conditions with an increasing prevalence in elderly. This study is conducted to evaluate osteoporosis in postmenopausal females with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Sanandaj, the provincial center of Kurdistan province in the west of Iran. Methods: From an initial population of 2500 women with ty...

Introduction: Urinary incontinence is a common disorder that often affects the elderly. The prevalence of depression in people with urinary incontinence varies from 20-40%. Objective: This study aimed to investigate and compare the prevalence of depression in postmenopausal women with and without urinary incontinence. Materials and Methods: This comparative study with cross-sect...

Background and Objectives: Menopause can lead to psychological and social consequences, amongwhich sexual function has received special attention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sexual knowledge, sexual attitude, and religious health on predicting the sexual function of postmenopausal women. Methods: This descriptive correlational study was performed on 2...

A 61-year-old postmenopausal female with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes, nephrolithiasis, and recurrent urinary tract infections presented to an outpatient urology clinic chief complaint frequency, urgency, burning after micturition. Associated symptoms included nausea, low-grade fever chills, right flank pain. After treatment antibiotics did not relieve all her symptoms, imaging was...

OBJECTIVES There are relatively few studies of cognitive performance in the first few postmenopausal years and insufficient data on whether there is differential decline in different cognitive abilities. The aim of the present analysis was to determine the nature of cognitive decline across a range of functions within a period of 5 years from early to late postmenopausal stage. METHODS In a c...

A group of 101 women, aged 40-65 years consisted of 48 premenopausal subjects and 53 postmenopausal ones living in Daegu and Gyeongbuk area in Korea were evaluated with their general characteristics, lifestyle factors, nutrient and phytoestrogen intakes, blood and urinary indices concerning antioxidant status and bone metabolism. Body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR) and systolic blood p...

Previously it has been found that an important risk buffering strategy in the Saami reindeer husbandry in Norway is the accumulation of large herds of reindeer as this increases long-term household viability. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated how official policies, such as economic compensation for livestock losses, can influence pastoral strategies. This study investigated the effect...