Women who smoke are very likely to begin menopause before age 45 years and also make them face the risk of osteoporosis and heart attacks, researchers reported on Norway.
"Among many as 2123 women aged 59 to 60 years, those who currently smoked, 59% more likely to experience premature menopause compared with women who did not smoke," said Dr.. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and colleagues.
For the heaviest smokers, the risk of early menopause nearly doubled. However, women who formerly smoked, but stopped at least 10 years before menopause, the inherently less likely to stop menstruating compared with smokers before age 45.
There is evidence that smoking later in life makes a woman more likely to experience premature menopause, while smokers who quit before middle age may not be affected, Mikkelsen and his team in the online journal BMC Public Health.
They investigated the relationship further and determine whether secondhand smoke may also affect the time of menopause. The researchers found that nearly 10% of women entering menopause before age 45 years.
Another 25% were current smokers, 28.7% were former smokers and 35.2% reported current passive smokers. Current smokers was 59% more likely to enter menopause before age 45 years, while early menopause is almost twice as common among women who smoked the most.
However, women who had quit smoking at least a decade
before menopause were 87% more likely than their peers who currently smoked and had entered menopause early.
Compared with married women, widows also face an increased risk of premature menopause, as were women who said their health conditions worse. Women with more education are less likely to enter menopause early, but they are also less likely to be smokers.
Involvement in social activities also reduce the risk of premature menopause. The researchers found no link between coffee or alcohol consumption or passive smoking with risk of premature menopause.
"The sooner a woman stops smoking," said Mikkelsen and his team, "More protection she has received in connection with the arrival of early menopause."
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