隐藏的心血管风险:早期更年期引发年轻患者的急性冠状动脉综合征 (ACS)
Jehandad Khan1, Sarmad Raza2, Salman Nishtar1
1Cardiology, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering, GBR.
Cureus
|March 12, 2026
概括
在患有急性冠状动脉综合征 (ACS) 的年轻女性中,早期更年期很常见,增加了不良心血管事件和更长时间住院的风险. 这突显了早期更年期是这一人口群体中重要的,未被认可的危险因素.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
背景情况:
- 急性冠状动脉综合征 (ACS) 通常影响老年人,但年轻女性,特别是那些经历过早期更年期 (在45岁之前) 的女性,面临着独特的心血管风险.
- 早期更年期与增加的代谢和心血管风险有关,需要进一步调查其在年轻ACS患者中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定35-45岁女性患有ACS的早期更年期的患病率.
- 检查早期更年期与心血管风险因素之间的关联,住院结果 (心律不整,心力衰竭,住院时间) 和卵泡刺激激素 (FSH) 水平.
主要方法:
- 在2022年3月至9月期间对142名年龄在35-45岁的女性进行了一项横截面研究,这些女性确诊患有ACS (STEMI,NSTEMI,不稳定性胸痛).
- 早期更年期被定义为45岁之前≥12个月的异常,得到血清FSH>40mIU/mL的证实.
- 排除标准包括糖尿病,高血压,吸烟,激素替代疗法,慢性系统性疾病或恶性瘤. 统计分析包括t测试,奇平方测试和后勤回归.
主要成果:
- 在25.4% (36/142) 的参与者中发现了早期更年期.
- 早期更年期的女性的体重指数 (BMI) 较高,FSH水平明显升高 (67.8 ± 6.4 与 16.4 ± 4.3 mIU/mL; p < 0.01).
- 早期更年期的妇女经历了更长的住院时间 (平均差异:0.8天;p = 0.03) 和增加了住院心律失常和心力衰竭的几率.
结论:
- 早期更年期是患有ACS的年轻女性的普遍发现,与不良的临床特征和短期结果有关.
- 这项研究表明,早期更年期可能是年轻女性心血管疾病的未被认可的风险增强因素.
- 需要进一步的前性研究来评估早期更年期对心血管的长期影响.
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