The aim of present study was comparison of cardiac autonomic status during different phases of reproductive life in women - in premenopausal women between proliferative and secretory phase, in postmenopausal women and in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The study included 30 premenopausal women (Group 1) who were assessed in both proliferative (Group 1A) and sec...

objective: a magnesium deficiency is known to be involved in many abnormalities in the post-menopausal women. previous studies proposed that magnesium (mg) might prevent atherosclerosis. in this study the efficacy of serum magnesium level and its relation with carotid intima media thickness (cimt) in post-menopausal women was evaluated. methods: eighty iranian postmenopausal women were included...

introduction regular intake of n-3 fatty acids of marine origin have desirable effects on serum lipoproteins and reduce coronary vascular disease (cvd). n-3 fatty acid supplementation decreased serum triglyceride concentrations in studies in which most of the subjects were male. the effects of n-3 fatty acids supplementation in fat women especially postmenopausal fat women have received little ...

In the present study, to determine a possible role of nitric oxide (NO) in the regulation of membrane functions, we examined the relationship between plasma NO level and membrane fluidity of erythrocytes in postmenopausal women. We evaluated the membrane fluidity of erythrocytes obtained from hypertensive and normotensive postmenopausal women by means of an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)...

Most medical treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis are inhibitors of bone resorption and urinary deoxypyridinoline (D-Pyr) has been shown to be a reliable indicator of bone resorption. Fifty-one healthy women were divided into four groups. Group A: premenopausal women (n = 10), Group B: postmenopausal women, no osteoporosis, not on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (n = 14), Group C: postmen...

It has been generally accepted that high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level decreases with menopause in women. However, recent reports show different results. There is very little data concerning perimenopausal women. To verify these findings, lipids and lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels were compared among pre-, peri- and postmenopausal women of similar mean ages. Postmenopausal women h...

background: the type of body fat distribution has an important role for identifying risk of diseases. one of the simple anthropometric indexes for estimating type of body fat distribution is waist circumference index. this study is aimed to determine the type of body fat distribution in postmenopausal women and its related factors. methods: this is a cross sectional descriptive analytical study...

The current study was aimed at comparing genital and subjective sexual arousal in pre- and postmenopausal women and exploring the effects of heightened sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity on these parameters. Seventy-one women (25 young and premenopausal, 25 postmenopausal, and 21 age-matched premenopausal women) participated in two counterbalanced sessions consisting of genital arousal a...

background: osteoporosis is a common disease characterized by reduction in bone mass, due to depletion of calcium and bone protein. a pivotal role of the sympathetic nervous system in bone remodeling has been considered. on the other hand, elevated central sympathetic activation in postmenopausal women is involved in the creation of vasomotor symptoms. also, sympathetic skin response (ssr) has ...