Reproductive events represent significant biological milestones in a woman's life and are associated with profound physiologic and endocrinological changes. Previous studies have examined individual reproductive factors and the associated risk of all causes of death and disease-specific deaths, but they have not yet been drawn together to understand how they may influence the general long-term health of women. However, as these factors are closely linked, researchers have now looked at several reproductive characteristics together in relation to risk of all-cause death, as well as death from cancer and cardiovascular disease.
The team, led by Melissa Merritt from Imperial College London in the UK, analyzed data from 322,972 women from 10 countries that participated in the observational European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study. Participants…
