Kaufman D W, Slone D, Rosenberg L, Miettinen O S, Shapiro S
Am J Public Health. 1980 Apr;70(4):420-2. doi: 10.2105/ajph.70.4.420.
In a cohort of 656 naturally postmenopausal women who were interviewed at age 60 to 69 years, and was had reached their menopause between the ages of 35 and 59 years, the mean age at menopause declined with increasing number of cigarettes smoked, from 49.4 years of age among women who had never smoked to 47.6 years of age among women who smoked at least 15 cigarettes per day (p less than 0.02). The relationship was not attributable to the onset of menopause inducing women to take up smoking.
在一组656名自然绝经的女性中,她们在60至69岁接受访谈,且在35至59岁之间绝经,绝经的平均年龄随着吸烟数量的增加而下降,从不吸烟的女性为49.4岁,而每天至少吸15支烟的女性为47.6岁(p小于0.02)。这种关系并非由于绝经促使女性开始吸烟所致。