Why the study?
Do premenopausal cardiovascular risk factors predict coronary and aortic calcification 8 years after menopause?
Do premenopausal cardiovascular risk factors predict coronary and aortic calcification 8 years after menopause?
Premenopausal cardiovascular risk factors, particularly LDL-C, HDL-C, and smoking, are powerful predictors of coronary and aortic calcification 11 years later.
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May inform premenopausal risk stratification; hypothesis-generating for intervention trials, should not yet change practice.
Kuller et al. (1999) studied this question.
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