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Published in: Current Diabetes Reports 4/2016

01-04-2016 | Other Forms of Diabetes (JJ Nolan, Section Editor)

Diabetes and Menopause

Authors: Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, Sung Kyun Park, Catherine Kim

Published in: Current Diabetes Reports | Issue 4/2016

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Abstract

During menopause, women’s body composition, sex hormone profile, and metabolic profile may change dramatically. In this review, we summarize studies examining whether the menopausal transition and physiologic factors characterizing the transition are associated with increased risk of diabetes. We review the evidence for estrogen therapy and diabetes risk and studies examining the relationship between diabetes and menarche, which represents an extension of the reproductive life span at the opposite end of the age spectrum. Although studied less extensively, the presence of type 1 or type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of ovarian failure, and we review this literature. In conclusion, we note that the evidence linking menopausal sex hormone changes with increased diabetes risk is weak, although rapid changes as observed with oophorectomy may increase risk. Further studies should investigate the contradictory effects of estrogen therapy upon hepatic and glucose metabolism in mid-life women.
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Metadata
Title
Diabetes and Menopause
Authors
Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez
Sung Kyun Park
Catherine Kim
Publication date
01-04-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Diabetes Reports / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1534-4827
Electronic ISSN: 1539-0829
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-016-0714-x

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