A study of the menopause, smoking, and contraception in women with Crohn's disease.
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Heather
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Q J Med. 1989 Jul;72(267):623-31.
A study of the menopause, smoking, and contraception in women with Crohn's disease.
Lichtarowicz A, Norman C, Calcraft B, Morris JS, Rhodes J, Mayberry J.
City Hospitals, Nottingham.
One hundred and ninety-six women with Crohn's disease from south-east Wales were asked to provide details of their menstrual cycles, age at menopause, history of surgery, smoking habits and use of oral contraceptives. One hundred and forty-six provided the information (response rate 77 per cent). Eighty-four were still menstruating, three were pregnant, 10 had undergone hysterectomy, one had a pharmacologically-induced menopause and 48 had had a physiological menopause. Of these 48 women, 33 were diagnosed as having Crohn's disease before the menopause. Twenty-five of these were smokers. The mean age at menopause was similar in smokers and non-smokers and in those diagnosed before and after the menopause. The mean age at menopause was between 46 and 47. A logistic analysis using the 'status quo' method showed that 50 per cent of women with Crohn's disease had the menopause at 47.6 years compared with 49.6 years in a group of healthy women from the same area. The two groups had similar smoking habits and it would seem that a premature menopause is associated with Crohn's disease.
PMID: 2608881 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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