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. 1998 Jan;88(1):93–96. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.1.93

Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in cardiovascular risk factors during menopause: the Healthy Women Study.

M M Burnette 1, E Meilahn 1, R R Wing 1, L H Kuller 1
PMCID: PMC1508411  PMID: 9584041

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The relationship between smoking cessation, subsequent weight gain, and cardiovascular disease risk factors from premenopause to postmenopause was studied. METHODS: Healthy Women Study participants were assessed for changes in coronary heart disease risk factors from a premenopausal baseline assessment to first- and second-year postmenopausal assessments. RESULTS: Although ex-smokers gained substantially more weight than nonsmokers and smokers, they did not experience a greater increase in cardiovascular risk factors. In fact, the results indicated a trend toward ex-smokers' high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels increasing slightly more than those of nonsmokers and smokers. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking cessation in perimenopausal to postmenopausal women is associated with greater weight gain but appears to be modestly associated with certain positive changes in cardiovascular risk factors.

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