title: The SWAN song: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation's recurring themes.
abstract: Reproductive health can be a reflection of overall health. It follows that abnormalities of reproductive milestones may be a manifestation of unhealthy aging. Since 1994, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) has assessed how menopause and the process of that transition may affect future health. Themes have emerged from SWAN associating patterns of hormones and symptoms with metabolic status.The nature of these relationships vary as women traverse the menopause and ovarian hormone production ceases. This review describes these cross-cutting themes and their possible meaning for the health of the mid-life woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12631 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Nanette.santoro@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Nanette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sutton-Tyrrell
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008593:Menopause / Q000208:ethnology*; D047648:Perimenopause / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health