The Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study: a longitudinal prospective study of women during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The need for longitudinal, population-based studies to illuminate women's experiences of symptoms during the menopausal transition motivated the development of the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study.

Methods

Longitudinal, population-based study of symptoms women experienced between the Late Reproductive stage of reproductive aging and the early postmenopause. Data collection began in 1990 with 508 women ages 35-55 and continued to 2013. Entry criteria included age, at least one period in past 12 months, uterus intact and at least 1 ovary. Women were studied up to 5 years postmenopause. Data collection included yearly health questionnaires, health diaries, urinary hormonal assays, menstrual calendars and buccal cell smears.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Woods NF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6299967 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature