nghiên cứu says for women early menopause may increase đột quỵ risk - đột quỵ Center

On June 3, a nghiên cứu published in the Journal of the American Heart Association "đột quỵ" showed that early menopause may lead to blood vessel blockage, or increase the risk of đột quỵ. The final dữ liệu kết quả of the nghiên cứu show that for every year of postponement of menopause, the risk of đột quỵ will drop by 2%.

This nghiên cứu project studied 16,244 postmenopausal women aged 26-70 in the Netherlands. After following these women for about 15 years, the project's researchers found that women who were menopausal before the age of 40 had 1.5 times the risk of an ischemic đột quỵ compared to women who were 50-54 years old.

The impact of early menopause on đột quỵ risk is limited to ischemic strokes caused by blood vessel obstruction, not hemorrhagic strokes caused by weakened blood vessel rupture. The nghiên cứu also found that the association between menopausal age and đột quỵ in naturally menopausal women is stronger than in women who have undergone menopausal after ovariectomy surgery.

đột quỵ is the second leading cause of death in the world, and women have a 4% higher risk of đột quỵ than men.

Scientists are studying cách sử dụng hormone replacement liệu pháp to cải thiện cardiovascular health in the early menopause. According to a scientific statement published by the American Heart Association last year in the journal Circulation, certain hormone replacement therapies have cardiovascular benefits, giảm the risk of type 2 bệnh tiểu đường, and ngăn ngừa bone loss.

More and more scientists are also studying the effects of estrogen on women's brain health. A nghiên cứu published in the journal Menopause in 2019 found that in the first five years of menopause, giving women estrogen as early as possible may ngăn ngừa their cognitive decline. Studies have also shown that women can be exposed to natural estrogen for a long time during the reproductive period, which will help them have better cognitive functions in later life.

Women going through menopause, whether using hormone replacement liệu pháp or not, need to understand the risk of đột quỵ and how to ngăn ngừa it. El Khoudary, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Institute of lâm sàng and Translational Sciences, believes that women need to stay chủ động, pay attention to healthy diet and weight, quit smoking as much as possible, and ensure adequate sleep during the transition to menopause. "The more you are at this stage, the more you must giảm their risk." She said.