Age at natural menopause and its associated characteristics among Brazilian women: cross-sectional results from ELSI-Brazil
Nair Tavares Milhem Ygnatios,
Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini,
Juliana Lustosa Torres
et al.
Abstract:Objectives
This study aimed to determine the median age at natural menopause and analyze lifestyle, anthropometric, and dietary characteristics associated with the age at natural menopause among Brazilian women.
Methods
This cross-sectional study involved 2,731 women 50 years and over, drawn from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil, 2015/16). Nonparametric Kaplan-Meier cumulative survivorship estimates were used to ass… Show more
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