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Peter Chedraui
Researcher at Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil
Publications - 207
Citations - 6532
Peter Chedraui is an academic researcher from Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Menopause. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 191 publications receiving 5412 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Chedraui include Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción".
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Understanding weight gain at menopause
Susan R. Davis,Camil Castelo-Branco,Peter Chedraui,Mary Ann Lumsden,Rossella E. Nappi,D. Shah,P. Villaseca +6 more
TL;DR: There is strong evidence that estrogen therapy may partly prevent this menopause-related change in body composition and the associated metabolic sequelae and further studies are required to identify the women most likely to gain metabolic benefit from menopausal hormone therapy in order to develop evidence-based clinical recommendations.
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A large multinational study of vasomotor symptom prevalence, duration, and impact on quality of life in middle-aged women.
Juan E. Blümel,Peter Chedraui,Germán Barón,Emma Belzares,Ascanio Bencosme,Andrés Calle,Luis Danckers,María T. Espinoza,Daniel Flores,Gustavo Gómez,José A. Hernández-Bueno,Humberto Izaguirre,Patricia Leon-Leon,Selva Lima,Edward Mezones-Holguín,Alvaro Monterrosa,Desire Mostajo,Daysi Navarro,Eliana Ojeda,William Onatra,Monique Royer,Edwin Soto,Konstantinos Tserotas,Soledad Vallejo +23 more
TL;DR: In this Latin American middle-aged series, VMS prevalence was high, persisting into the late postmenopausal phase in a high rate and severely impairing quality of life.
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Gender differences in cardiovascular disease: hormonal and biochemical influences.
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that hormones including estradiol and androgens are responsible for subtle cardiovascular changes long before the development of overt atherosclerosis, which is a complex process characterized by an increase in vascular wall thickness.
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Assessing menopausal symptoms among healthy middle aged women with the Menopause Rating Scale
TL;DR: In this specific healthy population, age, the menopause, sexual inactivity and educational level were independent risk factors predicting more severe menopausal symptoms.
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Cardiovascular risk in menopausal women and prevalent related co-morbid conditions: facing the post-Women's Health Initiative era
TL;DR: A new landscape may be recognized for menopausal women management, namely sleeping disorders, depression, vitamin D insufficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, sexual dysfunction, stress, and psychosocial factors, as well as new factors influencing cardiovascular risk among postmenopausal women.