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ArticleMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2014

Age at menopause and incident heart failure: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Imo A Ebong, Karol E Watson, David C Goff, David A Bluemke, Preethi Srikanthan, Tamara Horwich, Alain G Bertoni

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Article in Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Imo A EbongFrom the 1Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 2Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; 3Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO; 4National Institutes of Health/Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD; 5Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and 6Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.
Karol E Watson
David C Goff
David A Bluemke
Preethi Srikanthan
Tamara Horwich
Alain G Bertoni
University of California, Los Angeles · USColorado School of Public Health · USLos Angeles County Department of Health Services · USNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center · USUniversity of Southern California · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Molecular Biomedical Imaging Laboratory (NIBIB)ZIAEB000072 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI BLUEMKE, DAVID · 2010 to 2017
$5.0M
Adjunctive Use of Apyrase to Fibrinolytic TherapyR44HL095169 · NHLBI · APT THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI CHEN, RIDONG · 2012 to 2013
$1.3M
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDYN01HC095166 · HC · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI TRACY, RUSSELL P · 1999 to 2001
$758k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY-FIELD CENTERN01HC095162 · HC · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SZKLO, MOYSES A · 1999 to 2000
$694k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY--FIELD CENTERN01HC095161 · HC · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SHEA, STEVEN · 1999 to 2001
$642k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY--FIELD CENTERN01HC095165 · HC · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY · PI BURKE, GREGORY L · 1999 to 2001
$616k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY-FIELD CENTERN01HC095164 · HC · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, KIANG JOHN · 1999 to 2001
$511k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY--FIELD CENTERN01HC095163 · HC · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI FOLSOM, AARON R · 1999 to 2001
$443k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDYN01HC095168 · HC · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BLUEMKE, DAVID A. · 1999 to 2000
$375k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE COORDINATING CENTER-N01HC95159-268095159N01HC095159 · HC · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KRONMAL, RICHARD A · 1999 to 2006
$304k
Adjunctive Use of Apyrase to Fibrinolytic TherapyR43HL095169 · NHLBI · APT THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI CHEN, RIDONG · 2009 to 2009
$226k
SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY--EBCT READINGN01HC095169 · HC · LA BIOMED RES INST/ HARBOR UCLA MED CTR · PI DETRANO, ROBERT · 1999 to 2001
$124k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the associations of early menopause (menopause occurring before age 45 years) and age at menopause with incident heart failure (HF) in postmenopausal women. We also explored the associations of early menopause and age at menopause with left ventricular (LV) measures of structure and function in postmenopausal women.

methodsWe included 2,947 postmenopausal women, aged 45 to 84 years without known cardiovascular disease (2000-2002), from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the associations of early menopause and age at menopause with incident HF. In 2,123 postmenopausal women in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was obtained at baseline, we explored the associations of early menopause and age at menopause with LV measures using multivariable linear regression.

resultsAcross a median follow-up of 8.5 years, we observed 71 HF events. There were no significant interactions with ethnicity for incident HF (Pinteraction > 0.05). In adjusted analysis, early menopause was associated with an increased risk of incident HF (hazard ratio, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.01-2.73), whereas every 1-year increase in age at menopause was associated with a decreased risk of incident HF (hazard ratio, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.94-0.99). We observed significant interactions between early menopause and ethnicity for LV mass-to-volume ratio (LVMVR; Pinteraction = 0.02). In Chinese-American women, early menopause was associated with a higher LVMVR (+0.11; P = 0.0002), whereas every 1-year increase in age at menopause was associated with a lower LVMVR (-0.004; P = 0.04) at baseline.

conclusionsOlder age at menopause is independently associated with a decreased risk of incident HF. Concentric LV remodeling, indicated by a higher LVMVR, is present in Chinese-American women who experienced early menopause at baseline.

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MenopauseVentricular RemodelingAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAsianBlack or African AmericanFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHispanic or LatinoHumansIncidenceMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedRisk Factors

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PMID24423934
PMCPMC4031284
OpenAlexW2069813901

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