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authors: Sowers MFR, Zheng H, McConnell D, Nan B, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Randolph JF.
title: Testosterone, SHBG and Free Androgen Index among adult women: chronological and ovarian aging  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2009.   journal: Human reproduction   info: Hum Reprod 24:2276-85 PMID: 19520711 .

authors: Derby CA, Crawford SL, Pasternak RC, Sowers M, Sternfeld B, Matthews KA.
title: Lipid changes during the menopause transition in relation to age and weight: The Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2009.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol. 169:1352-61 PMID: 19357323 .

authors: Eyvazzadeh AD, Pennington K, Pop-Busui R, Sowers MF, Zubieta JK, Smith YR.
title: The role of the endogenous opioid system in polycystic ovary syndrome  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2009.   journal: Fertility and sterility   info: Fertil Steril. 92(1):1-12 PMID: 19560572 .

authors: Crandall CJ, Sehl ME, Crawford SL, Gold EB, Habel LA, Bulter LM, Sowers MFR, Greendale GA, Sinsheimer JS.
title: Sex steroid metabolism polymorphisms and mammographic density in pre- and early peri-menopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2009.   journal: Breast cancer research : BCR   info: Breast Cancer Res. 11:R51 PMID: 19630952 .

authors: Thurston RC, Sowers MF, Sternfeld B, Gold EB, Bromberger JT, Chang Y, Joffe H, Crandall CJ, Waetjen LE, Matthews KA.
title: Gains in Body Fat and Vasomotor Symptom Reporting Over the Menopausal Transition: The Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2009.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Amer J Epidemiol [Epub ahead of print] ; PMID: 19675142 .

authors: Crawford S, Santoro N, Laughlin GA, Sowers MF, McConnell D, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Weiss G, Vuga M, Randolph J, Lasley B.
title: Circulating Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate concentrations during the menopausal transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2009.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 94:2945-51 PMID: 19470626 .

authors: Matthews KA, Schott LL, Bromberger JT, Cyranowski JM, Everson-Rose SA, Sowers MF.
title: Bi-directional Associations between Depressive Symptoms and C-Reactive Protein?: Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2009.   journal: Brain, behavior, and immunity   info: Brain Behav Immun [Epub ahead of print], PMID: 19683568 .

authors: Thurston RC, Sowers MF, Chang Y, Sternfeld B, Gold EB, Johnston JM, Matthews KA.
title: Adiposity and vasomotor symptom reporting among midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 167:78-85 PMID: 17881385 .

authors: Thurston RC, Sowers MF, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Everson-Rose SA, Lewis TT, Edmundowicz D, Matthews KA.
title: Abdominal adiposity and hot flashes among midlife women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause. 15:429-434 PMID: 18204407 .

authors: Finkelstein JS, Brockwell SE, Mehta V, Greendale GA, Sowers MR, Ettinger B, Lo JC, Johnston JM, Cauley JA, Danielson ME, Neer RM.
title: Bone mineral density changes during the menopause transition in a multi-ethnic cohort of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 93:861-868 PMID: 18160467 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Wildman RP, Mancuso, Eyvazzadeh AD, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Rillamas-Sun E, Jannausch ML.
title: Change in adipocytokines and ghrelin with menopause  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Maturitas   info: Maturitas 50:149-157 PMID: 18280066 .

authors: Santoro N, Crawford SL, Lasley WL, Luborsky JL, McConnell D, Randolph Jr JF, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Korenman SJ, Sowers MF.
title: Factors related to declining luteal function in women during the menopausal transition: SWAN, the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 93:1711-21; PMID: 18285413 .

authors: Wildman RP, Mancuso P, Wang C, Kim M, Scherer PE, Sowers MR.
title: Adipocytokine and ghrelin levels in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in women at midlife: longitudinal associations  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: International journal of obesity   info: Int J Obes (Lond). 32:740-8 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18180784 .

authors: Kravitz HM, Zhao X, Bromberger JT, Gold EB, Hall MH, Matthews KA, Sowers MR.
title: Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Sleep.
date: 2008.   journal: Sleep   info: SLEEP 31:979-990 PMID: 18652093 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Eyvazzadeh AD, McConnell D, Yosef M, Jannausch ML, Zheng D, Harlow S, Randolph JF.
title: Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) and inhibin-B in the definition of ovarian aging and the menopause transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab.[Epub ahead of print] 93:3478-3483 PMID: 18593767 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Zheng H, McConnell D, Nan B, Harlow S, Randolph JF.
title: Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and its rate of change to define menopause transition stages  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab.[Epub ahead of print] 93:3958-64 PMID: 18647816 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Zheng H, McConnell D, Nan B, Harlow S, Randolph JF.
title: Estradiol rates of change in relation to the final menstrual period from a population-based cohort of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab [Epub ahead of print] 93:3847-52; PMID: 18647803 .

authors: Sowers MF, Zheng H, Kravitz HM, Matthews KA, Bromberger JT, Gold EB, Owens JF, Consens F and Hall M.
title: Sex steroid hormone profiles are related to sleep measures from polysomnography and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Sleep.
date: 2008.   journal: Sleep   info: SLEEP, 31:1339-49 PMID: 18853931 .

authors: Torréns JI, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Zhao X, Matthews K, Brockwell S, Sowers MF, Santoro N.
title: Relative androgen excess during the menopausal transition predicts incident metabolic syndrome in mid-life women: SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2009.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause 16: 257-264 PMID: 18971793 .

authors: Crawford SL, Avis NE, Gold EB, Johnston J, Kelsey JL, Santoro N, Sowers MF, Sternfeld B.
title: Sensitivity and specificity for recalled vasomotor symptoms in a multi-ethnic cohort  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2008.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Amer J Epidemiol 2008 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] 168:1452-1459 PMID: 18953064 .

authors: Meyers P, Janssen I, Luborsky J, Harlow S, McConnell DS, Sowers MF, Crawford S, Randolph JF, Zeger SL, Weiss G.
title: Characterizing modes of variation of daily urinary hormone profiles for women at mid-life using functional data analysis  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2007.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol. 165(8):936-45 PMID: 17267418 .

authors: Sowers MF, Zheng H, Tomey K, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Jannausch M, Li X, Matheos Y, Symons J.
title: Changes in body composition in women over six years at midlife: Ovarian and chronological aging. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2007.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 Dec. 27 [Epub ahead of print]; 92:895-901 .

authors: Chen J, Sowers MFR, Moran FM, McConnell DS, Gee NA, Greendale GA, Whitehead C, Kasim-Karakas SE and Lasley BL.
title: Circulating bioactive androgens in midlife women (SWAN). keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2006.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 91:4387-94 PMID 16940455 .

authors: Matthews KA, Schott LL, Bromberger J, Cyranowski J, Everson-Rose SA, Sowers MF.
title: Associations between depressive symptoms and inflammatory/hemostatic markers in women during the menopausal transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2007.   journal: Psychosomatic medicine   info: Psychosom Med. 69:124-30 PMID: 17289830 .

authors: Harlow SD, Crawford S, Dennerstein L, Burger HG, Mitchell ES, Sowers MF.
title: Recommendations from the multi-study evaluation of proposed criteria for staging reproductive aging  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2007.   journal: Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society   info: Climacteric. 10: 112-119 PMID: 17453859 .

authors: Zhang D, Lin X, Sowers MF.
title: Two-stage functional mixed models for evaluating the effect of longitudinal covariate profiles on a scalar outcome  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2007.   journal: Biometrics   info: Biometrics 63:351-62 PMID: 17688488 .

authors: Bromberger JT, Matthews KA, Schott L, Brockwell S, Avis N, Kravitz HM, Everson-Rose S, Gold EB, Sowers MF, Randolph J.
title: Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2007.   journal: Journal of affective disorders   info: J Affect Disord 103:267-272 PMID: 17331589 .

authors: **Aguilar CE, Soliman AS, McConnell DS, Zekri AR, Banerjee M, Omar A, Sharawy M, Omar S, Raouf A, Sowers MR.
title: Androgen profiles among Egyptian adults considering liver status  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2007.   journal: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology   info: J Gastroenterol Hepatol [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17524040 .

**designates that student is first author

authors: Sowers M, McConnell D, Jannausch ML, Randolph JF, Brook R, Gold EB, Crawford S, Lasley B.
title: Oestrogen metabolites in relation to isoprostanes as a measure of oxidative stress  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2007.   journal: Clinical endocrinology   info: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2007 Dec 7; [Epub ahead of print] 68:806-813 PMID: 17980014 .

authors: Sowers M, Tomey K, Jannausch M, Eyvazzadeh A, Nan B, Randolph J Jr.
title: Physical functioning and menopause states  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2007.   journal: Obstetrics and gynecology   info: Obstet Gynecol.110:1290-6. PMID: 18055722 .

authors: Ortiz AP, Harlow SD, Sowers MF, Nan B, Romaguera J.
title: Age at natural menopause and factors associated with menopause state among Puerto Rican women aged 40-59 years, living in Puerto Rico  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2006.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause 13:116-124 PMID: 16607107 .

authors: Matthews KA, Santoro N, Lasley B, Chang Y, Crawford S, Pasternak RC, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Sowers MF.
title: Relation of cardiovascular risk factors in women approaching menopause to menstrual cycle characteristics and productive hormones in the follicular and luteal phases: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Daily Hormone Study  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2006.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; [Epub ahead of print], 91:1789-95 PMID: 16403818 .

authors: Sowers MF, Crawford S, McConnell DS, Randolph JF Jr, Gold EB, Wilkin MK, Lasley B.
title: Selected diet and lifestyle factors are associated with estrogen metabolites in a multi-racial/ethnic population of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Nutrition.
date: 2006.   journal: The Journal of nutrition   info: J Nutr 136:1588-95 PMID: 16702326 .

authors: Kardia SR, Chu J, Sowers MR.
title: Characterizing variation in sex steroid hormone pathway genes in women of four races: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119: S3-S15 PMID: 16949386 .

authors: Sowers MR.
title: Introduction Genetics and the sex steroid hormone pathway in women at midlife. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S1-S2 .

authors: Sowers MR, Jannausch ML, McConnell DS, Kardia SR, Randolph JF Jr.
title: Endogenous estradiol and its association with estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S16-S22 PMID: 16949394 .

authors: Sowers MR, Wilson AL, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kardia SR.
title: Sex steroid hormone pathway genes and health-related measures in women of four races: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S103-S110 PMID: 16949383 .

authors: Sowers MR, Symons JP, Jannausch ML, Chu J, Kardia SR.
title: Sex steroid hormone polymorphisms, HDL-c, and ApoA1 from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S61-S68 PMID: 16949387 .

authors: Sowers MR, Jannausch ML, McConnell DS, Kardia SR, Randolph JF Jr.
title: Menstrual cycle markers of ovarian aging and sex steroid hormone genotypes  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S31-S43 PMID: 16949387 .

authors: Lo JC, Zhao X, Scuteri A, Brockwell S, Sowers MR.
title: The association of genetic polymorphisms in sex hormone biosynthesis and action with insulin sensitivity and diabetes mellitus in women at midlife  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S69-S78 PMID: 16949391 .

authors: Sowers MR, Wilson AL, Kardia SR, Chu J, McConnell DS.
title: CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 polymorphisms and their association with estradiol and estrogen metabolites in a pre- and peri-menopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S44-S51PMID: 16949388 .

authors: Greendale GA, Chu J, Ferrell R, Randolph JF Jr, Johnston JM, Sowers MR.
title: The association of bone mineral density with estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S79-S86 PMID: 16949392 .

authors: Sowers MR, Wilson AL, Kardia SR, Chu J, Ferrell R.
title: Aromatase gene (CYP 19) polymorphisms and endogenous androgen concentrations in a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-site study of women at midlife  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2006.   journal: The American journal of medicine   info: Am J Med 119(9A): S23-S30 PMID: 16949385 .

authors: Grewal J, Sowers MR, Randolph JF Jr, Harlow SD, Lin X.
title: Low bone mineral density in the early menopausal transition: role for ovulatory function  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2006.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 91:3780-5 PMID: 16835283 .

authors: Sutton-Tyrrell K, Wildman KA, Matthews CC, Lasley W, Brockwell S, Pasternak RC, Lloyd-Jones D, Sowers MF, Torréns JI.
title: Sex hormone binding globulin and the free androgen index are related to CV risk factors in multi-ethnic pre and peri-menopausal women enrolled in the Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2005.   journal: Circulation   info: Circulation 111:1242-1249 PMID: 15769764 .

authors: Santoro N, Torrens J, Crawford S, Allsworth JE, Finkelstein JS, Gold EB, Korenman S, Lasley WL, Luborsky JL, McConnell D, Sowers MF, Weiss G.
title: Correlates of circulating androgens in mid-life women: The Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Genetics.
date: 2005.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:4836-4845 PMID: 15840738 .

authors: Sowers MF, Matthews KA, Jannausch M, Randolph JF, McConnell D, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Little R, Lasley B, Pasternak P.
title: Hemostatic factors and estrogen during the menopausal transition:SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2005.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:5942-5948 PMID: 16105968 .

authors: Sowers MF, Jannausch M, Randolph J, McConnell D, Little R, Lasley B, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Pasternak R, Matthews K.
title: Androgens are associated with hemostatic and inflammatory factors among women at the mid-life: SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2005.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:6064-6071 PMID: 16091487 .

authors: Clark MK, Dillon J, Sowers MF, Nichols S.
title: Weight, fat mass and central distribution of fat increase when women use depot-medroxyprogesterone for contraception  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2005.   journal: International journal of obesity   info: Int J Obes 29:1252-1258 PMID: 15997247 .

authors: Randolph JF, Sowers MF, Bondarenko, Gold E, Greendale G, Bromberger J, Matthews K.
title: The relationship of longitudinal change in reproductive hormones and vasomotor symptoms across the menopausal transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2005.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90: 6106-6112 PMID: 16144949 .

authors: Bainbridge K, Sowers MF, Harlow S, Lin X.
title: Risk factors for low bone mineral density and the six-year rate of bone loss among pre- and perimenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA   info: Osteoporos Int 15: 439-446 PMID: 15205714 .

authors: Sowers MF, Januausch ML, Liang W, Willing M.
title: Estrogen receptor genotypes and their association with the 10-year changes in bone mineral density and osteocalcin concentrations  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:733-739 PMID: 14764789 .

authors: Lisabeth L, Harlow S, Lin X, Gillespie B, Sowers MF.
title: Sampling strategies for prospective studies of menstrual function  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2004.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 159:795-802 PMID: 15051589 .

authors: Randolph JF, Sowers MF, Bondarenko I, Harlow S, Luborsky J, Little R.
title: Change in estradiol and follicle-stimulating hormone across the early menopausal transition: Effects of ethnicity and age  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2004.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:1555-1561 PMID: 15070912 .

authors: Lisabeth L, Harlow S, Gillespie B, Lin X, Sowers MF.
title: Staging reproductive aging: A comparison of proposed bleeding criteria for the menopausal transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2004.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause 11:186-197 PMID: 15021449 .

authors: Kurina LM, Gulati M, Everson-Rose SA, Chung PJ, Karavolos K, Cohen NJ, Kandula N, Lukezic R, Dugan SA, Sowers MF, Powell LH, Pickett KE.
title: The effect of menopause on grip and pinch strength: Results from the Chicago, Illinois, site of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 160:484–491 PMID: 15321846 .

authors: Sternfeld B, Wang H, Quesenberry CP Jr, Abrams B, Everson-Rose SA, Greendale GA, Matthews KA, Torrens JI, Sowers MF.
title: Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in midlife women-findings from the Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 160:912-922 PMID: 15496544 .

authors: Matthews K, Sowers MF, Derby C, Stein E, Miracle-McMahill H, Crawford S, Pasternak R.
title: Ethnic differences in total cardiovascular risk factor burden among middle-aged women: Study of Women’s Health across the Nation. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2004.   journal: American heart journal   info: Am Heart J 10:1-8 .

authors: Santoro N, Lasley B, McConnell D, Allsworth J, Crawford S, Gold EB, Finkelstein JS, Kelsey J, Korenman S, Luborsky JL, Matthews K, Midgley R, Sabatine J, Shocken M, Sowers MF.
title: Body size and ethnicity are associated with menstrual cycle alteration in women in the early menopausal transition: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) daily hormone study  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2004.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:2622-31PMID: 15181033 .

authors: Sowers MF, Finkelstein J, Ettinger B, Bondarenko I, Neer R, Cauley J, Sherman S, Greendale G.
title: The association of endogenous hormone concentrations and bone mineral density measures in pre- and perimenopausal women of four ethnic groups: SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2003.   journal: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA   info: Osteoporos Int 14:44-52 PMID: 12577184 .

authors: Sowers MF, Luborsky J, Perdue C, Araujo KLB, Goldman MB, Harlow SD.
title: Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations and menopausal status in women at the mid-life: SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2003.   journal: Clinical endocrinology   info: Clin Endocrinol 58: 340-7 PMID: 12608940 .

authors: Randolph JF, Sowers MF, Gold EB, Mohr B, Luborsky J, Santoro N, McConnell D, Finkelstein J, Lasley BL, Matthews K, Korenman S, Matthews KA, Sternfeld B, Lasley BL.
title: Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: Relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2003.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88: 1516-22 PMID: 12679432 .

authors: Santoro N, Crawford SL, Allsworth JE, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Korenman S, Lasley BL, McConnell D, McGaffigan P, Midgely R, Schocken M, Sowers MF, Weiss G.
title: Assessing menstrual cycles with urinary hormone assays  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2003.   journal: American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism   info: Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 284: E521-E530 PMID: 12441312 .

authors: Sowers MF, Greendale G, Bondarenko I, Finkelstein J, Ettinger B, Neer R, Cauley J, Sherman S.
title: Endogenous hormones and bone turnover markers in the pre- and perimenopausal women of SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2003.   journal: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA   info: Osteoporos Int 14: 191-197 PMID: 12730778 .

authors: Sowers MF, Crawford SL, Cauley JA, Stein EA.
title: Association of lipoprotein(a), insulin resistance, and reproductive hormones in a multiethnic cohort of pre- and perimenopausal women (The SWAN Study)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2003.   journal: The American journal of cardiology   info: Am J Cardiol 92:533-537 PMID: 12943872 .

authors: Sowers MF, Derby C, Jannausch ML, Torrens JI, Pasternak R.
title: Insulin resistance, hemostatic factors, and hormone interactions in pre- and perimenopausal women: SWAN  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2003.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:4904-4910 PMID: 14557472 .

authors: Ortiz A, Harlow S, Sowers MF, Romaguera J.
title: Age at natural menopause in a sample of Puerto Rican women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2003.   journal: Puerto Rico health sciences journal   info: P R Health Sci J, 22:337-341 PMID: 14768497 .

authors: Greendale G, FitzGerald G, Huang MH, Sternfeld B, Seeman T, Sherman S, Sowers MF.
title: Dietary soy isoflavones and BMD: Results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Nutrition.
date: 2002.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 155:746-54 PMID: 11943693 .

authors: Lasley BL, Santoro N, Randolph JF, Gold EB, Crawford S, Weiss G, McConnell DS, Sowers MF.
title: The relationship of circulating dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone and estradiol to stages of the menopausal transition and ethnicity  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2002.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87: 3760-3767 PMID: 12161507 .

authors: Finkelstein JS, Lee MLT, Sowers MF, Ettinger B, Neer RM, Kelsey JL, Cauley JA, Huang MH, Greendale GA.
title: Ethnic variation in bone mineral density in pre- and early perimenopausal women: Role of anthropometric and lifestyle factors  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Genetics.
date: 2002.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:3057-3067PMID: 12107201 .

authors: Finkelstein JS, Sowers MF, Greendale GA, Lee MLT, Neer RM, Cauley JA, Ettinger B.
title: Ethnic variation in bone turnover in pre-and early perimenopausal women: effects of anthropometric and lifestyle factors  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:3051-3056 PMID: 12107200 .

authors: Villarruel A, Harlow S, Lopez M, Sowers MF.
title: El Cambio de Vida: Conceptualizations of menopause and midlife among urban Mexican-American women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2002.   journal: Research and theory for nursing practice   info: Res Theory Nurs Pract. PMID: 12371435 .

authors: Bainbridge K, Sowers MF, Crutchfield M, Lin X, Jannausch M, Harlow SD.
title: Natural history of bone loss over 6 years among premenopausal and early postmenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2002.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 156:410-17 PMID: 12196310 .

authors: Sternfeld B, Jacobs MK, Quesenberry CP, Gold EG, Sowers MF.
title: Physical activity and menstrual cycle characteristics in two prospective cohorts  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 156:402-9 PMID: 12196309 .

authors: Huang MH, Schoken M, Block G, Sowers MF, Gold E, Sternfeld B, Seeman T, Greendale GA.
title: Variation in nutrient intakes by ethnicity: results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Nutrition.
date: 2002.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause 9:309-36 PMID: 12218719 .

authors: Sampselle CM, Harris V, Harlow SD, Sowers MF.
title: Midlife development and menopause in African American and Caucasian women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2002.   journal: Health care for women international   info: Health Care Women Int 23:351-63 PMID: 12148913 .

authors: Luborsky JL, Meyer P, Sowers MF, Gold E, Santoro N.
title: Premature menopause in a multi-ethnic population study of the menopause transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2002.   journal: Human reproduction   info: Hum Reprod18:199-206 PMID: 12525467 .

authors: Sowers MF, Beebe JL, McConnell D, Randolph J, Jannausch M.
title: Testosterone concentrations in women, aged 25-50 years: associations with lifestyle, body composition and ovarian status  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2001.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 153:256-64 PMID: 11157413 .

authors: Clark MK, Sowers MF, Levy B, Tenhundfeld P.
title: The magnitude and variability of sequential estradiol and progesterone concentrations in women using depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraception  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2001.   journal: Fertility and sterility   info: Fertil Steril 15:1-9 PMID: 11334896 .

authors: Sowers MF, Pope S, Welch G, Sternfeld B, Albrecht G.
title: The association of menopause and physical functioning in women at the mid-life  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2001.   journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society   info: J Am Geriatr Soc 49: 1485-1492 PMID: 11890587 .

authors: Rebar RW, Nachtigall LE, Avis NE, Kronenberg F, Santoro NF, Sowers MF, Archer DF.
title: Clinical challenges of perimenopause: Consensus opinion of the North American Menopause Society. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2000.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause 7:5-13 .

authors: Sowers MF.
title: The menopause transition and the aging process: A population perspective  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2000.   journal: Aging   info: Aging-Clin & Exper Res 12:85-92 PMID: 10902050 .

authors: Sowers MF.
title: Peak bone mass and its decline  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2000.   journal: Bailliere's best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism   info: Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 14:317-329 PMID: 11035909 .

authors: Zhang D, Lin X, Sowers MF.
title: Semiparametric regression for periodic longitudinal hormone data from multiple menstrual cycles  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2000.   journal: Biometrics   info: Biometrics 56:31-9 PMID: 10783774 .

authors: Sowers MF, Sigler C.
title: Complex relation between increasing fat mass and decreasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels: Evidence from a population-based study of premenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 1999.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 129:47-54 PMID: 9883793 .

authors: Sowers MF, Lachance L, Jamadar D, Hochberg M, Crutchfield M, Jannausch ML.
title: The associations of bone mineral density and bone turnover markers with osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in pre- and peri-menopausal women  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 1999.   journal: Arthritis and rheumatism   info: Arthritis Rheum 42:483-489 PMID: 10088771 .

authors: Galuska DA, Sowers MF.
title: Menstrual history and bone density in young women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1999.   journal: Journal of women's health & gender-based medicine   info: J Womens Health Gend Based Med 8:647-656 PMID: 10839651 .

authors: Zhang D, Lin X, Sowers MF.
title: Semiparametric stochastic mixed models for longitudinal hormone data. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 1998.   journal: Am Stat Assoc   info: Am Stat Assoc 93:710-719 .

authors: Sowers MF, Crutchfield M, Bandekar R, Randolph JF, Shapiro B, Schork MA, Jannausch M.
title: Bone mineral density and its change in pre- and perimenopausal white women: The Michigan Bone Health Study  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1998.   journal: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research   info: J Bone Miner Res 13:1134-1140 PMID: 9661077 .

authors: Sowers MF, Crutchfield M, Shapiro B, Zhang B, La Pietra M, Randolph JF, Schork MA.
title: Urinary ovarian and gonadotrophin hormone levels in premenopausal women with low bone mass  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1998.   journal: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research   info: J Bone Miner Res 13:1191-1202 PMID: 9661084 .

authors: Nakamura K, Sowers MF.
title: Does back pain predict subsequent fracture in postmenopausal women?. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1997.   journal: Environ Health   info: Environ Health & Prev Med 1:184-187 .

authors: Symons JP, Sowers MF, Harlow SD.
title: Relationship of body composition measures and menstrual cycle length  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1997.   journal: Annals of human biology   info: Ann Hum Biol 24:107-116 PMID: 9074747 .

authors: Greendale GA, Sowers MF.
title: The menopause transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 1997.   journal: Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America   info: Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 26:261-277 PMID: 9193883 .

authors: Sowers MF, Hochberg MC, Crabbe JP, Muhich A, Crutchfield M, Updike S.
title: The association of bone mineral density and sex hormone levels with osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in premenopausal women  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 1996.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 143:38-47 PMID: 8533745 .

authors: Sowers MF, Randolph JF.
title: Bone change: The perimenopause. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1996.   journal: Clin Consult Obstet Gynecol   info: Clin Consult Obstet Gynecol 8:35-39 .

authors: Sowers MF, Crutchfield M, Jannausch ML, Russell-Aulet M.
title: Longitudinal changes in body composition in women approaching midlife  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 1996.   journal: Annals of human biology   info: Ann Hum Biol 23:253-265 PMID: 8807042 .

authors: Clark MK, Sowers MF.
title: Alcohol dependence, smoking status, reproductive characteristics and bone mineral density in premenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1996.   journal: Research in nursing & health   info: Res Nurs Health 19:399-408 PMID: 8848624 .

authors: Sowers MF, La Pietra M.
title: Menopause: Its epidemiology and potential association with chronic diseases  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 1995.   journal: Epidemiologic reviews   info: Epidemiol Rev 17:287-302 PMID: 8654512 .

authors: Sowers MF, Clark MK, Jannausch M, Wallace RB.
title: Body size, estrogen use and thiazide diuretic use affect 5-year radial bone loss in postmenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1993.   journal: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA   info: Osteoporos Int 3:313-21PMID: 8292842 .

authors: Sowers MF, Galuska DA.
title: The epidemiology of bone mass in premenopausal women  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1993.   journal: Epidemiologic reviews   info: Epidemiol Rev 15:374-98 PMID: 8174663 .

authors: Jannausch ML, Sowers MF.
title: Consistency of perimenopausal estrogen use reporting by women in a population-based prospective study  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1992.   journal: Maturitas   info: Maturitas 14:161-9 PMID: 1508057 .

authors: Sowers MF, Clark MK, Wallace RB, Hollis B, Jannausch M.
title: Rates and risk for radial bone mineral density loss in pre- and perimenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1992.   journal: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research   info: J Bone Miner Res 7:647-58 PMID: 1414483 .

authors: Sowers MF, Kshirsagar A, Crutchfield M, Updike S.
title: Joint influence of fat and lean body composition compartments on femoral bone mineral density in premenopausal women  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1992.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 136:257-65 PMID: 1415147 .

authors: Sowers MF, Clark MK, Wallace R, Jannausch M Lemke J.
title: Prospective study of radial bone mineral density in a geographically defined population of postmenopausal Caucasian women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1991.   journal: Calcified tissue international   info: Calcif Tissue Int 48:232-239 PMID: 2059874 .

authors: Sowers MF, Clark MK, Jannausch ML, Wallace RB.
title: A prospective study of bone mineral content and fracture in communities with differential fluoride exposure  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1991.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 133:649-660 PMID: 2018020 .

authors: Sowers MF, Wallace RB, Hollis BW.
title: The relationship of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and radial bone mass  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1990.   journal: Bone and mineral   info: Bone Miner 10:139-148 ; PMID: 2207393 .

authors: Sowers MF, Shapiro B, Gilbraith M, Jannausch M.
title: Health and hormonal characteristics of premenopausal women with lower bone mass  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1990.   journal: Calcified tissue international   info: Calcif Tissue Int 47:130-5 PMID: 2224587 .

authors: Sowers MF, Wallace RB, Lemke JH.
title: Correlates of mid-radius bone density among postmenopausal women: a community study  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 1985.   journal: The American journal of clinical nutrition   info: Am J Clin Nutr 41:1045- 1053 PMID: 3873171 .

authors: Smith EM, Sowers MF, Burns TL.
title: Effects of smoking on the development of female reproductive cancers  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 1984.   journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute   info: J Natl Cancer Inst 73:371-7 PMID: 6589429 .

authors: Sowers MR, Zheng H, Jannausch ML, McConnell D, Nan B, Harlow S, Randolph JF Jr.
title: Amount of Bone Loss in Relation to Time around the Final Menstrual Period and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Staging of the Transmenopause  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2010.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Mar 9 PMID: 20215399.

authors: Matthews KA, Crawford SL, Chae CU, Everson-Rose SA, Sowers MF, Sternfeld B, Sutton-Tyrrell K.
title: Are changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors in midlife women due to chronological aging or to the menopausal transition?  . keywords:
date: 2009.   journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology   info: J Am Coll Cardiol. 54:2366-73, 2009 Dec 15; NIHMS168170, PMID: 20082925.