Hot flushes and night sweats linked to 70% increase in cardiovascular
disease

Date:
July 2, 2020
Source:
University of Queensland
Summary:
New research has found that women who have hot flushes and night
sweats after menopause are 70 per cent more likely to have heart
attacks, angina and strokes.



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New research from The University of Queensland has found that women who
have hot flushes and night sweats after menopause are 70 per cent more
likely to have heart attacks, angina and strokes.


========================================================================== School of Public Health PhD student Dr Dongshan Zhu has found women
of any age who experience hot flushes and night sweats, also known
as vasomotor symptoms or VMS, are more likely to experience non-fatal cardiovascular events.

"Until now, it's been unclear if VMS is associated with cardiovascular
disease, but now we know it to be true," Dr Zhu said.

"Further, VMS before menopause increases a woman's chance of
cardiovascular events by 40 per cent." Dr Zhu also found that the risk
of cardiovascular events was more related to the severity of the hot
flushes and night sweats rather than the frequency or duration.

"We found that women with severe VMS were more than twice as likely to experience a non-fatal cardiovascular event compared with women who had
no symptoms," he said.

Dr Zhu used data from InterLACE, a major collaboration of 25 studies of
more than 500,000 women around the world.

Senior author on the study Professor Gita Mishra said the findings may
have important clinical implications.

"This research helps to identify women who are at a higher risk for the development of cardiovascular events and who may need close monitoring
in clinical practice," Professor Mishra said.


========================================================================== Story Source: Materials provided by University_of_Queensland. Note:
Content may be edited for style and length.


========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Dongshan Zhu, Hsin-Fang Chung, Annette J. Dobson, Nirmala Pandeya,
Debra
J. Anderson, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, Eric J. Brunner, Nancy
E. Avis, Ellen B. Gold, Samar R. El Khoudary, Sybil L. Crawford,
Gita D. Mishra.

Vasomotor Menopausal Symptoms and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease:
A pooled analysis of six prospective studies. American Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.06.039 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200702113707.htm

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