By Erin T. Walsh, MA
Among premenopausal Korean women, those reporting more bothersome perimenopausal symptoms had significantly higher prevalence of poor CV health metrics compared with women without symptoms, researchers reported.
“By figuring out which aspects of menopausal symptoms are mostly associated with CV health, we can help target women with specific symptoms at high risk of cardiovascular disease,” Hye Rin Choi, MPH, PhD, from the Center for Cohort Studies at the Total Healthcare Center at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and the Institute of Medical Research at the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues wrote in Menopause. Read the full article in Healio.