Prolonged estrogen exposure could reduce stroke risk, study finds

These were determined by the participants’ reproductive lifespan, the number of years from the first menstrual period to menopause.

The results first showed that participants in the group with the longest reproductive lifespan — at 36 years — suffered slightly more strokes than those in the group with the shortest reproductive lifespan.

But when you factor in other factors like age, smoking, physical activity and high blood pressure, it found that participants with the longest reproductive lifespans had a five percent lower risk of all types of stroke.

Study author Peige Song, PhD, from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, said: “Our study suggests that higher estrogen levels are related to a number of reproductive factors, including longer reproductive lifespan and use of hormone therapy or contraceptives are linked to a reduced risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage.

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