NEW YORK: Traumatic events are linked to several negative outcomes for both mental and physical health, a news study reveals.
The research, which will be presented at The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, hints that they might also be associated with decreased sex hormone concentrations in midlife women, particularly those who get less sleep.
According to main author Mary Carson from the University of Pittsburgh, "This work underlines the impact of trauma in relation to health at midlife, particularly given the vulnerability of women's health to hormones."
Psychological trauma may potentially restrict ovarian function and decrease ovarian oestrogen release, according to earlier studies. However, little is known about the connection between trauma and sex hormones in women in their mid-forties. A The team recruited 260 postmenopausal women for their investigation. It examined if sleep length has an impact on the relationship between traumatic experiences and levels of estrogens (estradiol, estrone), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and vice versa.
Researchers found that compared to women without such a background, women with a history of trauma had lower levels of estrogens such estradiol and estrone.
No association was found between trauma and FSH levels. Depressive or posttraumatic stress symptoms, vasomotor symptoms, or a woman's postmenopausal duration did not influence the results.
The amount of sleep that women got affected the association between trauma and hormones; women with a history of trauma who slept for fewer than six hours each night had particularly low levels of oestrogen.
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