Over the last few decades, women’s health has slowly shifted closer to the forefront of research.1 There have been multiple major campaigns at academic, charity and government level, for the improvement of women’s health globally. In 2021, the UK government implemented the Women’s Health Strategy to improve the health of women in the UK over 10 years and Asthma and Lung UK published their report on asthma in women, highlighting how women with asthma have worse asthma-related outcomes compared with men.2 3 Increasing volumes of evidence show that specific hormone-related events during a woman’s lifespan can lead to worse health outcomes, including lung health.4–6 For example, the risk of asthma increases after menarche in girls and menstruation and pregnancy are associated with worse respiratory-related symptoms.4 Menopause has been associated with a number of chronic diseases including cardiovascular diseases, but there has been conflicting evidence regarding the influence of menopause on respiratory diseases.7 8 In this issue of Thorax, Gai et al (enter reference) build on previous work by conducting a comprehensive study investigating the association between early menopause and lung health and mortality. The authors were specifically interested in how the cause of menopause (ie, the gradual natural decline or the sudden drop-off of oestrogen, due to oophorectomy) and smoking status may modify the relationship between early menopause and lung health and mortality in smokers and never-smokers. The authors also investigated the …

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解开更年期和呼吸道疾病之间的关系


在过去的几十年里，女性健康已逐渐接近研究的前沿。1学术界、慈善机构和政府层面开展了多项重大运动，以改善全球女性的健康。 2021 年，英国政府实施了《女性健康战略》，以在 10 年内改善英国女性的健康，英国哮喘与肺病协会 (Asthma and Lung UK) 发布了女性哮喘报告，强调女性哮喘患者与男性相比，哮喘相关结局更差.2 3 越来越多的证据表明，女性一生中特定的激素相关事件可能会导致更糟糕的健康结果，包括肺部健康。4-6 例如，女孩初潮后哮喘的风险增加，而月经和怀孕是相关的更严重的呼吸道相关症状。4 更年期与包括心血管疾病在内的许多慢性疾病有关，但关于更年期对呼吸道疾病的影响存在相互矛盾的证据。7 8 在本期 Thorax 中，Gai 等人（输入参考文献）通过开展一项全面的研究，调查早期绝经与肺部健康和死亡率之间的关系，以之前的工作为基础。作者特别感兴趣的是更年期的原因（即由于卵巢切除术导致雌激素逐渐自然下降或突然下降）和吸烟状况如何改变吸烟者早期更年期与肺部健康和死亡率之间的关系，并且从未研究过吸烟者的吸烟状况。 -吸烟者。作者还调查了……