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The relationship between smoking and age at the menopause: A systematic review

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 61; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.021

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Raphael Câmara Medeiros Parente, Eduardo Faerstein, Roger Keller Celeste, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck,

Cancer Risks and Factors

Increasing life expectancy has made it ever more important to study the factors that influence the age at the menopause, given that when it is reached outside of the normal range, it is associated with increased risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases, among other conditions. Among the factors studied in relation to early menopause, smoking is prominent. Destruction of the ovarian follicles is one of the mechanisms postulated for this effect. The aim of this study was to review and describe the associations between age at the menopause and the habit of smoking, its duration and its intensity.