Racial differences in body composition and cardiometabolic risk during the menopause transition: a prospective, observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity disproportionately affects more women than men. The loss of ovarian function during the menopause transition coincides with weight gain, increases in abdominal adiposity, and impaired metabolic health. Racial differences in obesity prevalence that results from the menopause transition are not well understood.

Objective

The purpose of the study was to assess longitudinal changes in body composition and cardiometabolic risk among black and white women during the menopausal transition.

Study design

In a secondary analysis of a prospective, observational cohort study (the Healthy Transitions study), 161 women ≥43 years old with a body mass index of 20-40 kg/m² and who had not yet transitioned through menopause were enrolled at Pennington Biom

SUBMITTER: Marlatt KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141969 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature