Early age at menopause was associated with the incidence of type 2 diabetes, independent of obesity and a host of other potentially confounding factors, according to a prospect cohort study. “This association is independent of potential intermediate risk factors: obesity, insulin, glucose, inflammation, but also estradiol and other endogenous sex hormone levels,” said Taulant Muka, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at Erasmus Medical College, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Among the 3210 participants in the study, 319 incident cases were identified over the median 10.9-year follow-up period, with a relative risk for incident diabetes of 2.29 for women undergoing menopause before age 40, and 1.49 for those experiencing menopause between the ages of 40 and 44. Read more at Family Practice News: http://www.mdedge.com/familypracticenews/article/115648/diabetes/early-menopause-risk-factor-type-2-diabetes.
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Early menopause a risk factor for type 2 diabetes
