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| Gerrie Cor M GastSummaryAffiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Menopausal complaints are associated with cardiovascular risk factorsGerrie Cor M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Room Str 6 131, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hypertension 51:1492-8. 2008..These findings substantiate the view that differences in the presence of menopausal symptoms as a reason for using hormone therapy could explain discrepant findings between observational research and trials...
Vasomotor symptoms are associated with a lower bone mineral densityGerrie Cor M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Menopause 16:231-8. 2009..The severity of vasomotor symptoms has been hypothesized to be linked to a lower bone mineral density (BMD). We examined whether women with vasomotor symptoms are different from women without symptoms with regard to BMD...
A high menaquinone intake reduces the incidence of coronary heart diseaseG C M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 19:504-10. 2009..Data on the effect of vitamin K intake on coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, however, are scarce. To examine the relationship between dietary vitamins K(1) and K(2) intake, and its subtypes, and the incidence of CHD...
Vasomotor symptoms, estradiol levels and cardiovascular risk profile in womenGerrie Cor M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Maturitas 66:285-90. 2010..Furthermore, we examined the association between estradiol levels and VMS, and whether an association between VMS and cardiovascular risk factors can be explained by estradiol levels...
Menstrual cycle characteristics and risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetesGerrie Cor M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Fertil Steril 94:2379-81. 2010..This association could not be explained by metabolic risk factors or altered hormone levels...
Vasomotor menopausal symptoms are associated with increased risk of coronary heart diseaseGerrie Cor M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Menopause 18:146-51. 2011..We investigated whether VMS are related to an increased risk of future coronary heart disease (CHD) and whether possible associations can be explained by CVD risk factors...
Hormone therapy and coronary heart disease risk by vasomotor menopausal symptomsGerrie Cor M Gast
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Maturitas 70:373-8. 2011..We examined whether the association between hormone therapy (HT) use and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk differed between women with and without vasomotor symptoms (VMS)...
Gender differences in risk factors for coronary heart diseaseYen Y Tan
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Maturitas 65:149-60. 2010..Further research is needed to ascertain if incorporating these gender-specific risks into a clinically used risk stratification model would change outcome in women...
Do differences in childhood diet explain the reduced overweight risk in breastfed children?Salome Scholtens
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2498-503. 2008..71, 95% confidence interval: 0.49-1.03). Breastfed children had a healthier diet at 7 years compared to nonbreastfed children, but this difference could not explain the lower overweight risk at 8 years in breastfed children...
