A study of the menopause, smoking, and contraception in women with Crohn's disease

A Lichtarowicz, A M Lichtarowicz, Conolly Norman, C Norman, B Calcraft, Brian Calcraft, J S Morris, J. Rhodes, J F Mayberry, J Mayberry
The Quarterly journal of medicine · 1989 · vol. 72(267) , pp. 623–31 · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068355 · PMID:2608881 · W2286661859
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This study found that women with Crohn's disease experienced menopause approximately two years earlier than healthy women, regardless of smoking habits or diagnosis timing.

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One hundred and ninety-six women with Crohn's disease from south-east Wales were asked to provide details of their menstrual cycles, age at menopause, history of surgery, smoking habits and use of oral contraceptives. One hundred and forty-six provided the information (response rate 77 per cent). Eighty-four were still menstruating, three were pregnant, 10 had undergone hysterectomy, one had a pharmacologically-induced menopause and 48 had had a physiological menopause. Of these 48 women, 33 were diagnosed as having Crohn's disease before the menopause. Twenty-five of these were smokers. The mean age at menopause was similar in smokers and non-smokers and in those diagnosed before and after the menopause. The mean age at menopause was between 46 and 47. A logistic analysis using the 'status quo' method showed that 50 per cent of women with Crohn's disease had the menopause at 47.6 years compared with 49.6 years in a group of healthy women from the same area. The two groups had similar smoking habits and it would seem that a premature menopause is associated with Crohn's disease.

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Contraception Crohn Disease Menopause Menopause, Premature Smoking Adult Contraceptives, Oral Crohn Disease Female Humans Middle Aged

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