Postmenopause

"Postmenopause" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The physiological period following the MENOPAUSE, the permanent cessation of the menstrual life.

Descriptor ID	D017698
MeSH Number(s)	G08.686.157.500.625 G08.686.841.249.500.625
Concept/Terms	Postmenopause Postmenopause Postmenopausal Period Period, Postmenopausal Post-Menopause Post Menopause Post-Menopauses Post-menopausal Period Period, Post-menopausal Post menopausal Period

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Postmenopause".

Biological Sciences [G]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Climacteric [G08.686.157]
Menopause [G08.686.157.500]
Postmenopause [G08.686.157.500.625]
Sexual Development [G08.686.841]
Climacteric [G08.686.841.249]
Menopause [G08.686.841.249.500]
Postmenopause [G08.686.841.249.500.625]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Postmenopause".

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Bar chart showing 108 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
1998	0	2	2
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	1	2	3
2004	1	2	3
2005	3	3	6
2006	1	4	5
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	4	5
2009	4	2	6
2010	2	2	4
2011	5	1	6
2012	5	2	7
2013	2	3	5
2014	4	3	7
2015	5	4	9
2016	0	3	3
2017	1	2	3
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	5	6
2020	2	4	6
2021	1	1	2
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	1	1
2025	2	3	5

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Choi J, Han KD, Lee SR, Lee KY, Ahn HJ, Kim B, Oh S, Lip GYH, Choi EK. The influence of menopausal phase on atrial fibrillation risk in steatotic liver disease patients: a nationwide cohort study. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 10; 16(1).

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Kwa M, Hussey G, Novik Y, Franke AA, Volkova A, Flores K, Blaser MJ, Speyer J, Oratz R, Meyers M, Jhaveri K, Fadel E, Heguy A, Schluter J, Ruggles KV, Adams S. Evaluation of the gut microbiome and sex hormones in postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed hormone receptor-positive breast cancer versus healthy women: a prospective case-control study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2025 Oct 04; 151(10):275.

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Chuang TD, Rysling S, Ton N, Baghdasarian D, Khorram O. Comparative Analysis of Differentially Expressed Long Non-Coding RNA in Pre- and Postmenopausal Fibroids. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jul 16; 26(14).

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Aragaki AK, Manson JE, LeBlanc ES, Chlebowski RT, Tinker LF, Allison MA, Haring B, Odegaard AO, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Saquib N, Masaki K, Harris HR, Jager LR, Bea JW, Wactawski-Wende J, Anderson GL. Development and Validation of Body Mass Index-Specific Waist Circumference Thresholds in Postmenopausal Women : A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 178(8):1073-1084.

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Ashraf AB, Meeta M, Chitra AB, Pahwa S, Shah J, Mohi M, Reddy G, Aggarwal K, Sarkari A, Sharma S, Jaiswal J, Shah J, Sen B, Unni J, Mane S, Desai J. Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: a multicenter study from the Indian Midlife Registry. Climacteric. 2025 Jun; 28(3):329-336.

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Hyde ET, Evenson KR, Bandoli GE, Zou J, Crespo NC, Parada H, LaMonte MJ, Howard AG, Nguyen S, Skiba MB, Crane TE, Stefanick ML, Lee IM, LaCroix AZ. Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and mortality among cancer survivors: the Women's Health Accelerometry Collaboration. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Apr 30; 9(3).

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Li Y, Streicher SA, Franke AA, Tome AN, White KK, Shvetsov Y, Lim U, Setiawan VW, DeRouen MC, Hernandez BY, Wu AH, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Loo LWM, Cheng I. Association of Adiposity Phenotypes With 27-Hydroxycholesterol and Sex Hormones: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Apr 22; 110(5):e1488-e1498.

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Gorniak SL, Wagner VE, Vaughn K, Perry J, Cox LG, Hibino H, Montero-Hernandez SA, Hernandez AE, Pollonini L. Functional near infrared spectroscopy detects cortical activation changes concurrent with memory loss in postmenopausal women with Type II Diabetes. Exp Brain Res. 2023 Jun; 241(6):1555-1567.

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Korthauer LE, Goveas JS, Rapp SR, Espeland MA, Shumaker SA, Garcia KR, Rossom RC, Garcia L, Tindle HA, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Zaslavsky O, Cochrane B, Sink KM, Masaki K, Driscoll I. The relationship between depressive symptoms and subtypes of mild cognitive impairment in post-menopausal women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022 11; 37(11).

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Choi H, Han K, Yang B, Shin DW, Sohn JW, Lee H. Female Reproductive Factors and Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease Among Postmenopausal Women in Korea. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 10 12; 75(8):1397-1404.

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