Is late peri-/postmenopausal status associated with greater volumes of cardiovascular fat compared to pre-/early perimenopausal status in women?
Late peri-/postmenopausal status is associated with greater volumes of cardiovascular fat independent of age and obesity, suggesting a potential mechanism for increased coronary heart disease risk after menopause.
Late peri-/postmenopausal women have greater volumes of heart fat compared with pre-/early perimenopausal women independent of age, obesity, and other covariates. Endogenous sex hormones are associated with CF. Perhaps CF plays a role in the higher risk of coronary heart disease reported in women after menopause.
Khoudary et al. (Wed,) studied this question.