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In Westernized societies, most women die from coronary heart disease. Importantly, premenopausal women are at lower risk relative to men of comparable age and postmenopausal women [1,2]. Protection by endogenous oestrogens is a likely explanation, yet the question whether menopause increases the incidence of coronary hear disease has still not been answered satisfactorily yet.
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van der Schouw, Y.T. (2002). Does Menopause Increase the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease?. In: Lobo, R.A., Crosignani, P.G., Paoletti, R., Bruschi, F. (eds) Women’s Health and Menopause. Medical Science Symposia Series, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1061-1_13
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