Smoking May Cause Early Menopause

“A woman normally experience menopause. In case of women who smoke the menopause begins before the age of 45 years. It also increases the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease”, says a Norwegian researchers report.

Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and her colleagues have done the research study among a group of 2,123 women 59 to 60 years old. They came up with these findings.

The women who smoke were 59% more likely to have undergone early menopause than non-smokers. In case of the women who smoke heavily the risk of early menopause was nearly doubled.

The women smokers who quit at least 10 years before menopause are less likely to have stopped menstruating before age 45 than current smokers. Exposure to the second-hand smoke also influences the timing of menopause.

The researchers suggest – the earlier a woman stops smoking, the more protection she gets with respect to an early onset of menopause.

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