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Objective: To estimate the probability of onset and progression of disease and disability, length of life with or without disease and/or disability, and incidence of mortality, and to identify factors associated with transitioning to disease and/or disability over time. Study design: A prospective cohort study. Data were provided by 12,432 participants (born 1921–26) of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health linked with National Death Index data from 1996 (age: 70–75) to 2016 (age: 90–95). Main outcome measures: A five-state Markov model was fitted to estimate the transition probability, length of life with or without disease and/or disability, and the association between baseline characteristics and disease/disability/mortality risk. Results: Over two-thirds of women had died by age 90–95, and only 3.8% of these had died with no chronic disease and disability. Those reporting chronic disease were more likely to have experienced disability (Transition Rate Rat
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Increased physical activity could reduce the chance of heavy menstrual periods in women who are overweight or obese, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
Dr Gabriela Mena, from UQ’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, examined the associations between physical activity and body mass index with irregular periods and heavy menstrual bleeding in more than 10,000 young Australian women.
“Women who were overweight or obese had higher odds of both irregular periods and heavy menstrual bleeding than women who were underweight or of normal weight,” Dr Mena said.
“Women who were highly active had 10 per cent lower odds of heavy menstrual bleeding than women who reported no physical activity.
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