Premature Menopause and 10-Year Risk Prediction of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Dec 1;6(12):1463-1465. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.3490.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses whether adding premature menopause status to pooled cohort equations improves risk prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease among women.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atherosclerosis / ethnology*
  • Ethnicity*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Menopause, Premature*
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology