Dietary Protein Intake and Early Menopause in the Nurses' Health Study II.

Autor: Boutot ME; Authors' affiliations: Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts., Purdue-Smithe A; Authors' affiliations: Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts., Whitcomb BW; Authors' affiliations: Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts., Szegda KL; Authors' affiliations: Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts., Manson JE; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.; Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts., Hankinson SE; Authors' affiliations: Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts., Rosner BA; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts., Bertone-Johnson ER; Authors' affiliations: Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of epidemiology [Am J Epidemiol] 2018 Feb 01; Vol. 187 (2), pp. 270-277.
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx256
Abstrakt: Early menopause, which is the cessation of ovarian function before age 45 years, affects 5%-10% of Western women and is associated with an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Literature suggests that high levels of vegetable protein intake may prolong female reproductive function. We evaluated the association of long-term intake of vegetable protein, animal protein, and specific protein-rich foods with incidence of early natural menopause in the Nurses' Health Study II cohort. Women included in analyses (n = 85,682) were premenopausal at baseline (1991) and followed until 2011 for onset of natural menopause. Protein intake was assessed via food frequency questionnaire. In Cox proportional hazard models that were adjusted for age, smoking, body mass index, and other factors, women in the highest quintile of cumulatively averaged vegetable protein intake (median, 6.5% of calories) had a significant 16% lower risk of early menopause compared with women in the lowest quintile (3.9% of calories; 95% confidence interval: 0.73, 0.98; P for trend = 0.02). Intake of specific foods, including pasta, dark bread, and cold cereal, was also associated with lower risk (P < 0.05). Conversely, animal protein intake was unrelated to risk. High consumption of vegetable protein, equivalent to 3-4 servings per day of protein-rich foods, is associated with lower incidence of early menopause in US women.
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