Hsin-Fang Chung

Research Fellow of InterLACE consortium at School of Public Health, University of Queensland | Epidemiologist • Women’s Health • Chronic Disease

[BMJ Group @bmj_company]

A range of reproductive factors, including age when periods first start and an early menopause, are all linked to a heightened risk of COPD finds research published online in the journal @ThoraxBMJ. Read the study here: https://t.co/UUmjDy9eo9

[Hsin-Fang Chung @HF_Chung]

Our study found that early menopause before the age of 45, particularly premature menopause before the age of 40, is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in women, and the risk is higher for some ethnic groups. https://t.co/RuHXNCb509 @WandCre
@mishra_gita
@UQMedicine @uqsph

[UQ News @UQ_News]

#UQ research has found ethnicity plays a significant role in determining a woman’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes after early menopause.
Read more about the findings: https://t.co/8rpST1xzLv
@UQMedicine 
@HF_Chung 
@mishra_gita 📸Adobe

[Danielle Borg @DrDanBorg]

There are less Queenslanders who report very good health compared to the national average across 4 age groups in the @ALSWH_Official this maybe due to increase prevalence in chronic conditions

[Danielle Borg @DrDanBorg]

Karen Tuesley from @UQHealth discusses the IMPROVE project in antihypertensive medicines in #ovariancancer development in #women >50 years old #QLDWomensHealth forum @whrtn_ahra

[Jade Kubler @jadekubler]

It’s been a super interesting morning at the #QLDWomensHealth forum. Fascinating talk by Dr Belinda Barnett on community advocacy for women against obstetric violence. @whrtn_ahra @UQ_News

[Danielle Borg @DrDanBorg]

@HF_Chung results from her systematic review suggests the association between age at #Menopause and #lungcancer may be non-linear #QLDWomensHealth @UQHealth @mishra_gita @ALSWH_Official @whrtn_ahra

[CRE WaND @WandCre]

Day 2 of #WomensHealthWeek and we’re talking perimenopause. What is it, how will it affect your health? Our Director, @mishra_gita wrote this explainer for @ConversationEDU with Dr @HF_Chung https://t.co/sGphbHT3cV

[Hsin-Fang Chung @HF_Chung]

Recurrent pregnancy loss linked to increased stroke risk later in life
https://t.co/DPP9Ah1FRs

[Chen Liang @ChenLia97768341]

Infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, and risk of stroke: pooled analysis of individual patient data of 618 851 women https://t.co/BcDTV3AkyN @mishra_gita @HF_Chung @WandCre

[Hsin-Fang Chung @HF_Chung]

Our systematic review and meta-analysis found that miscarriage and stillbirth are associated with increased risk of stroke among women. The findings were published in Stroke https://t.co/v3TvRNAefG @WandCre @mishra_gita @UQMedicine

[WCEpi2021 @WEpi2021]

Thank you to all of the presenters for sharing their amazing work, and to Prof Hopper and @mishra_gita for your time chairing this symposia!

[Journal of Clinical Epidemiology @JClinEpi]

Meta-analysis for individual participant data with a continuous exposure: a case study https://t.co/XLEJp94JbK

[UQ News @UQ_News]

Encouraging young women to quit smoking has taken on added importance after #UQResearch showed associations between smoking, early menopause and lung cancer.

https://t.co/0d0v7Y4FrG

@UQMedicine @mishra_gita
@HF_Chung

[Hsin-Fang Chung @HF_Chung]

Our systematic review and meta-analysis found that early menopause before age 45 is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer primarily among smokers. https://t.co/PrLEngEFMr

[CRE WaND @WandCre]

@HF_Chung's invited systematic review on age at #menopause and risk of #lungcancer has been published in Maturitas. @DerejeGedle @mishra_gita Read the article here: https://t.co/1y71iOXffG

[CRE WaND @WandCre]

@HF_Chung's invited systematic review on age at #menopause and risk of #lungcancer has been published in Maturitas. @DerejeGedle @mishra_gita Read the article here: https://t.co/1y71iOXffG

[Hsin-Fang Chung @HF_Chung]

InterLACE new findings: early menstruation is linked to vasomotor symptoms, and obesity may play an important role.

[BJOG @BJOGTweets]

Published today in BJOG: Age at menarche and risk vasomotor menopausal symptoms: a pooled analysis of six studies https://t.co/AYpsxH9Ku1

[Gita Mishra @mishra_gita]

Result from InterLACE reveal a strong link between early menarche and vasomotor symptoms in midlife

[Hsin-Fang Chung @HF_Chung]

Intimate partner violence and risk of having early menopause <45 years mediated substantially through smoking #2017AEA

[Gita Mishra @mishra_gita]

Current smokers are twice the risk of getting menopause before age 40 years- results from InterLACE #2017AEA