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In 1978 a random sample (367 men and 568 women aged 18–65 years) taken from the general population of a north-eastern Italian town was screened for cardiovascular risk; 16 years later, the women were invited to a second screening. Three groups were identified at the initial screening (fertile, naturally menopausal and surgically menopausal) and four in the longitudinal study (137 remained fertile during the whole study, 205 became naturally menopausal, 56 were ovariectomised and 127 were already going through the menopause). The protocol included a questionnaire, blood pressure (BP) measurement, and blood exams. Continuous variables were adjusted for confounders. Systolic BP, prevalence of hypertension, cholesterol, glycaemia and uricaemia were similar, whereas diastolic and triglycerides (TG) were lower in surgically-menopausal than in fertile women (P < 0.001). no significant difference in 16 years’ variation from baseline was observed between the four groups, although women who remained fertile showed the smallest increases. in particular, neither systolic or diastolic bp increases differed between the women who were oophorectimised and those who remained fertile. ‘fertile status’ was rejected from the logistic equation of incidence of hypertension, and ‘age of menopause’ was also rejected when this analysis was repeated in ovariectomised women. new coronary artery disease (angina pectoris or myocardial infarction) was observed in one ovariectomised woman, in three naturally menopausal, and in 13 already menopausal women which seemed to reflect the age trend. no new cases were observed in women who remained fertile. in conclusion, in italian women surgical menopause, similarly to natural menopause, is devoid of any negative prognostic effect.
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Casiglia, E., Ginocchio, G., Tikhonoff, V. et al. Blood pressure and metabolic profile after surgical menopause: comparison with fertile and naturally-menopausal women. J Hum Hypertens 14, 799–805 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001113
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