The role of smoking in the relationship between intimate partner violence and age at natural menopause: a mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age at natural menopause (ANM) is considered as a biologic marker of health and ageing. The relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and ANM is currently unknown, and whether smoking plays a role in this relationship is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the association between IPV and ANM and to quantify the effect mediated through smoking.

Methods

Data were drawn from the 1946-51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, a prospective cohort study first conducted in 1996. History of IPV (yes or no) was self-reported at baseline. ANM was confirmed by at least 12 months of cessation of menses where this was not a result of medical interventions such as bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy and categorised as <45 (early

SUBMITTER: Mishra GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6297990 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature