Menopausal status, age at natural menopause and risk of diabetes in China: a 10-year prospective study of 300,000 women.

ABSTRACT: Menopause characteristics have been implicated in future health consequences, yet little is known about its relevance to diabetes. We examined the associations of menopausal status and age at natural menopause with diabetes risk in Chinese women. We used prospective data of the China Kadoorie Biobank study that recruited 302,522 women aged 30-79 years in 2004-2008 from 10 areas across China. During average 10.8 years of follow-up, 11,459 incident diabetes cases were recorded among 281,319 women without prior diabetes diagnosis at baseline. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for incident diabetes associated with menopausal status and age at natural menopause. Overall, the mean (SD) age at natural menopause w

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818141 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature