Early age of natural menopause in India, a biological marker for early preventive health programs

References

• Becerra-Ayala R. Attitude towards menopause in Latino women. Doctoral dissertation, 2005. Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, California, USA
   Google Scholar
• Cummings SR. Epidemiology of osteoporosis in women. In Korenman SG, ed. The Menopause. Proceedings of the Serono Symposium on the Menopause, March 1989, Napa, CA. Norwell, Mass: Serono Symposium, 1990:1–15
   Google Scholar
• Kritz-Silverstein D, Barrett-Connor E. Early menopause, number of reproductive years, and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. Am J Public Health 1993;83:983–8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cooper G, Sandler DF. Age at natural menopause and mortality. Am J Epidemiol 1998;8:229–35
   Google Scholar
• Snowden DA, Kane RL, Beeson WL, . Is early natural menopause a biological marker of health and aging? Am J Public Health 1989;79:709–14
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yusuf S, Reddy S, Ounpuu S, Anand S. Global burden of cardiovascular disease. I. General considerations, the epidemiologic transition, risk factors, and impact of urbanization. Circulation 2001;104:2746–53
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Das SK, Banerjee TK, Biswas A, . A prospective community-based study of stroke in Kolkata, India. Stroke 2007;38:906–10
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Acheson Report: The Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health. London: Department of Health, 1998
   Google Scholar
• Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, . Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet 2004;364:937–52
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nangia S, Arya V, Gujral Ratni B, Mithal A. Spinal bone mineral density in normal Indian females. Presented at 27th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society of India, Lucknow, 1997
   Google Scholar
• Nangia S, Arya V, Gujral Ratni B, Mithal A. Femoral bone mineral density in normal Indian females. Presented at 27th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society Of India, Lucknow, 1997
   Google Scholar
• Patni R. Normal BMD values for Indian females aged 20–80 years. J Mid Life Health 2010;1:70–3
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Shah RS, Savardekar L, Iddaya Y. Bone density in normal Indian women: assessment by USG and DEXA. Obstet Gynaecol Today 2004;9:772–6
   Google Scholar
• Mithal A, Nangia S, Arya V. Spine bone mineral density in normal Indian females. J Bone Miner Res 1998;13(Suppl):S59119
   Google Scholar
• Shatrugna V, Kulkarni B, Kumar KU, . Bone status of Indian women from a low-income group and its relationship to the nutritional status. Osteoporosis Int 2005;16:1827–35
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gupta P, Sturdee DW, Hunter MS. Mid-Aged Health in Women from the Indian Subcontinent (MAHWIS): general health and the experience of menopause in women. Climacteric 2006;9:13–22
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sharma S, Tandon VR, Mahajan A. Menopausal symptoms in urban women. J Med Educ Res 2007;9:16–17
   Google Scholar
• Sengupta S, Gogoi G. Menarche and menopause among the Kaibarta women of Dibrugarh. Assam Sci Soc 1993;35: 113–19
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kulkarni VS, Joshi M. Reproductive life of two endogamous groups of Maharashtra. Man in India 1979;59:71–90
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kar RK, Mahanta S. Menarche and menopause among the women of Arunachal Pradesh. Ind J Phys Anthrop Human Gene 1975;1:51–7
   Google Scholar
• Balgir RS. Age at menarche and menopause among Sikligars of Punjab. Ind Med Assoc 1985;83:195–7
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sharma N, Singh R. Age at menarche and menopause of Brahmins and Choudhary females of Kangr valley. Proceedings of International Symposium on Human Growth, Patiala, India, 1980
   Google Scholar
• Gosh AK, Kumari S. Effect of menarcheal age on fertility. J Ind Anthrop Soc 1973;8:165–72
   Google Scholar
• Singh A, Arora AK. Profile of menopausal women in rural north India. Climacteric 2005;8:177–84
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shah R, Kalgutkar S, Savardekar L, Chitlang S, Iddya U, Balaiah D. Menopausal symptoms in urban Indian women. Obstet Gynaecol Today 2004;11:667–70
   Google Scholar
• Bagga A. Age and symptomatology of menopause: a case study. Obstet Gynaecol Today 2004;11:660–6
   Google Scholar
• Rakshit S. Reproductive life of maharashtrian Brahmin women. Man in India 1962;56:65–70
   Google Scholar
• Sengupta S, Rjkhowa M. Menarche and menopause in Ahom women of Dibrogarh in Assam. Hum Ecol 1996;7:211–13
   Google Scholar
• Kaw D, Khanna B, Vasishtha K. Factors that influence the age at natural menopause. J Obstet Gynaecol Ind 1994;44:273–7
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mastana SS. Age at menopause among the Lobanas of North West India. J Hum Ecol 1996;7:151–3
   Google Scholar
• Kiplani A, Banerjee K. An overview of age of menopause in Northern India. Maturitas 2005;52:199–204
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baig LA, Karim SA. Age of menopause and knowledge of and attitudes to menopause, of women in Karachi, Pakistan. J Br Menopause Soc 2006;12:71–4
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Adhi M, Hasan R, Shoaib S. Age and symptomatology of menopause in Karachi, Pakistan. Pak J Physiol 2007;3:41–4
   Google Scholar
• Brambilla DJ, McKinlay SM. A prospective study of factors affecting age at menopause. J Clin Epidemiol 1999;42:1031–9
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luoto R, Kaprio J, Uutela A. Age at natural menopause and sociodemographic status in Finland. Am J Epidemiol 1994;139: 64–76
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reynolds RF, Obermeyer CM. Age at natural menopause in Spain and the United States: results from the DAMES project. Am J Hum Biol 2005;17:331–40
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2), 1998–99. Mumbai: IIPS, 2000
   Google Scholar
• Khaw KT. Epidemiology of the menopause. Br Med Bull 1992;48:249–61
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reynolds RF, Ober Meyer CM. Correlates of the age at natural menopause in Morocco. Ann Hum Biol 2003;30:97–108
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reynolds RF, Ober Meyer CM. Age at natural menopause in Beirut, Lebanon: role of reproductive and lifestyle factors. Ann Hum Biol 2001;28:21–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Celentano E, Galasso R, Berrino F, . Correlates of age of natural menopause in the cohorts of EPIC – Italy. Tumori 2003;89:608–14
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar