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PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2010
Affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. ahuang@ucsfmed.org
Authors
Abdo L, Ata R, Bragg C, Burgio KL, Butryn M, Carter K, Chang A, Coward P, Creasman J, Dunlap J, Foster G, Franklin F, Gay L, Gilbert S, Gorin A, Grady D, Hahn ME, Hannum S, Hecht J, Hernandez AL, Huang AJ, Hubbell A, Kalish L, Kusek JW, Lepore-Ally A, Macer J, Marshall K, Monk T, Myers D, Nager C, Niemeier H, Nillini Y, Nyberg LM, Nygaard I, O'Neil PM, Pair L, Pierce P, Pinto A, Program to Reduce Incontinence by Diet and Exercise Investigators, Quan J, Rand CS, Ranslow-Robles D, Richter HE, Robinson N, Sepinwall D, Smith C, Smith West D, Steers WD, Subak LL, Sung VW, Thompson S, Turman J, Vittinghoff E, West DS, Wing R, Winn V, Wrenn A, Yang J, Zobel N
Studies
Citation
Huang AJ, Subak LL, Wing R, West DS, Hernandez AL, Macer J, Grady D, Program to Reduce Incontinence by Diet and Exercise Investigators. An intensive behavioral weight loss intervention and hot flushes in women. Arch Intern Med 2010 Jul 12;170(13):1161-7.

Abstract

Higher body mass index is associated with worse hot flushes during menopause but the effect of weight loss on flushing is unclear.