We evaluated whether our previous reports of increased postmenopausal breast cancer risk with higher body mass index (BMI) or of reduced premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer risk with higher physical activity levels varied according to the tumor's estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status. Participants enrolled in either of two population-based case-control studies ...

U mladých, premenopauzálnych žien v súčasnosti neexistujú jednoznačné odporúčania diagnostiky a liečby osteoporózy. Nízka hodnota kostnej hustoty u nie je asociovaná s rovnakým rizikom fraktúry ako postmenopauzálnych žien, preto nich možné diagnostickom procese využiť iba denzitometrické vyšetrenie. Väčšina prípadov premenopauzálnej osteoporózy spôsobená chronick...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In women, symptoms of coronary artery disease are delayed by 10 to 15 years in comparison with men, most likely because of the protective effect of ovarian hormones. This report compares the prevalence and degree of carotid atherosclerosis between 292 premenopausal women and 294 women at 5 to 8 years after menopause. METHODS Scans were performed in the same laboratory o...

The current study was aimed at comparing genital and subjective sexual arousal in pre- and postmenopausal women and exploring the effects of heightened sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity on these parameters. Seventy-one women (25 young and premenopausal, 25 postmenopausal, and 21 age-matched premenopausal women) participated in two counterbalanced sessions consisting of genital arousal a...

Data from the National Health Interview Survey, 2015. Among those aged 40-59, perimenopausal women (56.0%) were more likely than postmenopausal (40.5%) and premenopausal (32.5%) women to sleep less than 7 hours, on average, in a 24-hour period. Postmenopausal women aged 40-59 were more likely than premenopausal women aged 40-59 to have trouble falling asleep (27.1% compared with 16.8%, respecti...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the association between intraocular pressure and metabolic syndrome according to menopause status in nonglaucomatous Korean women. METHODS We examined the relationship between intraocular pressure and metabolic syndrome in 4,524 nonglaucomatous Korean women (2,866 premenopausal women and 1,658 postmenopausal women) who participated in the 2008 Korean ...

BACKGROUND There are limited evaluation and treatment options for low libido in premenopausal women. This review sought to evaluate the available evidence supporting the evaluation of testosterone serum levels and testosterone treatment of premenopausal women with low libido. METHODS MEDLINE, PubMed, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for articles that referenced the evaluation of testoster...

INTRODUCTION It is well known that there is a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MS) in postmenopausal women. Recently it has become evident that adiponectin and leptin secreted by adipose tissue may be involved in the pathophysiology of MS. THE AIM OF THE STUDY was to assess the effects of the menopause on the relationships between adiponectin and leptin...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the association betweenthe quantitative assessment of background parenchymal enhancement rate (BPER) and breast cancer. From 14,033 consecutive patients who underwent breast MRI in our center, we randomly selected 101 normal controls. Then, we selected 101 women with benign breast lesions and 101 women with breast cancer who were matched for age and m...