Marcia L. Stefanick

ORCID: 0000-0002-0284-6996 · 4 papers in corpus
observational 2022
Association of infertility with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal participants in the Women's Health Initiative
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.02.005

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of infertility with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) among postmenopausal participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). We hypothesized that nulliparity and pregnancy loss may r…

observational 2021
Sleep Characteristics and Risk of Ovarian Cancer Among Postmenopausal Women
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) ·doi:10.1158/1940-6207.capr-20-0174

Several studies have assessed the relationship between sleep duration and ovarian cancer risk, but the results are conflicting. Importantly, no studies addressed the relationship between sleep disturbance or sleep quality and ovarian cancer…

observational 2019
Circulating estrogens and postmenopausal ovarian and endometrial cancer risk among current hormone users in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1007/s10552-019-01233-8

PURPOSE: Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) use induces alterations in circulating estrogens/estrogen metabolites, which may contribute to the altered risk of reproductive tract cancers among current users. Thus, the current study assessed as…

observational 2011
Oophorectomy vs ovarian conservation with hysterectomy: cardiovascular disease, hip fracture, and cancer in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
Archives of internal medicine ·doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.121

BACKGROUND: Elective bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is routinely performed with hysterectomy for benign conditions despite conflicting data on long-term outcomes. METHODS: This is a prospective cohort of 25 448 postmenopausal women …