Surgical Menopause and Frailty Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women: Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.
Grace HuangAndrea CovielloMichael P LaValleyKristine E EnsrudJane A CauleyPeggy M CawthonLisa FredmanPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
In postmenopausal women, surgical menopause was not associated with greater risk for frailty than natural menopause, even in the absence of estrogen therapy. Future prospective studies are needed to investigate hormonal mechanisms involved in development of frailty in older postmenopausal women. J Am Geriatr Soc 66:2172-2177, 2018.