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Beyond bone health: The impact of poor glycemic control on bone biomarkers and systemic inflammation in postmenopausal women

Advances in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: Postmenopausal women, especially those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), are at an increased risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis. Hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and estrogen deficiency exacerbate bone loss. In India, the prevalence of
Kakoli Patnaik, Nitin Sharma, Mayank Shrivastava, Madhu Choudhary   +3 more
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Sleep complaints of postmenopausal women [PDF]

Clinical Journal of Woman's Health, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To study correlates of sleep problems in postmenopausal women. METHODS: Baseline questionnaire items related to sleep patterns and problems were administered to 98,705 postmenopausal women as part of the Clinical Trial and the Observational Study of the Women's Health Initiative. RESULTS: Less than 27% of the sample reported sleeping 8 hours
Daniel F, Kripke, Robert, Brunner, Ruth, Freeman, Susan L, Hendrix, Rebecca D, Jackson, Kamal, Masaki, Rachel A, Carter   +6 more
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Effect of Menopause on Quality of Life and Psychological Profile of Women in Gorgan, Iran

Journal of Clinical and Basic Research, 2018
Introduction: Menopause is an important event accompanied with significant hormonal changes that have permanent and irreversible effects on women’s lives.
Soheyla Kalantari, Fatemeh Heidari Lahsher, Ramezan Hassanzadeh   +2 more
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Relationship between parity and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Japan considering hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and body mass index

BMC Nephrology
Background Global studies exploring the relationship between parity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are scarce. Furthermore, no study has examined the relationship between parity and CKD in Japan.
Hongxin Wang, Noriyuki Iwama, Keiichi Yuwaki, You Nakamichi, Hirotaka Hamada, Hasumi Tomita, Kazuma Tagami, Rie Kudo, Natsumi Kumagai, Hirohito Metoki, Naoki Nakaya, Atsushi Hozawa, Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Masatoshi Saito   +14 more
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Relationships between menstrual status and obesity phenotypes in women: a cross-sectional study in northern China

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2020
Background One of most important concerns of postmenopausal women is obesity. The relationships between menstruation status and obesity phenotypes are unclear.
Xueyu Chen, Hui Xi, Long Ji, Weihua Liu, Fengxue Shi, Yanru Chen, Xiaohui Wang, Wenran Zhang, Xinxia Sui, Xiaojun Wang, Haitao Zhang, Huamin Liu, Dong Li   +12 more
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Menopausal status induces vaginal dysbiosis in women with human papillomavirus infection

Scientific Reports
In this study, we examined the difference in the vaginal microbiota of women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), according to menopausal status. A total of 75 cervicovaginal swab samples from 38 pre- and 37 postmenopausal women with HPV infection ...
Kyeong A So, Soo Young Hur, Chi Heum Cho, Jae Kwan Lee, Seok Ju Seong, Dae Hoon Jeong, Moran Ki, Tae Jin Kim   +7 more
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Intraocular pressure in postmenopausal Nigerian women with and without systemic hypertension

African Vision and Eye Health, 2011
Background: Mean intraocular pressure (IOP) in postmenopausal women has been reported higher than that in menstruating women. Also, intraocular pressure is said to be positively correlated with systemic blood pressure.
J. A. Ebeigbe, P. N. Ebeigbe, A. D. A Ighoroje   +2 more
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Health behaviors of postmenopausal women

Menopausal Review, 2014
Health status and health-related quality of life of postmenopausal women are issues, which nowadays pose a serious challenge to many domains of science. Climacteric symptoms which occur at this stage of life, lower its quality and make a negative contribution to self-reported health status, are mostly observed in a particular group of women. Evaluation
Maria Jasińska, Katarzyna Żułtak-Bączkowska, Bożena Mroczek, Artur Kotwas, Ewa Kemicer-Chmielewska, Beata Karakiewicz, Andrzej Starczewski   +6 more
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Primary osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2015
Being a systemic skeletal disease, osteoporosis becomes an important public health and financial issue that is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Postmenopausal women are susceptible to primary osteoporosis since osteoporosis is closely related to estrogen deficiency.
Meng-Xia Ji, Qi Yu
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Effect of Tai Chi exercise on bone health and fall prevention in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Background The bone status of postmenopausal women is worsening. In fact, postmenopausal period is the high incidence stage of osteoporosis and falls. Notably, a recent study has pointed out that exercise can improve bone health in postmenopausal women ...
Yi Zhang, Huan Chen
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