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Miriam J.J. de Kleijn
Researcher at Utrecht University
Publications - 12
Citations - 1202
Miriam J.J. de Kleijn is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Menopause. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 9 publications receiving 1156 citations.
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Intake of Dietary Phytoestrogens Is Low in Postmenopausal Women in the United States: The Framingham Study
Miriam J.J. de Kleijn,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Peter W.F. Wilson,Herman Adlercreutz,Witold Mazur,T. Diederick E. Grobbee,Paul F. Jacques +6 more
TL;DR: The aim of the present study was to estimate the intake of dietary isoflavones, coumestans and lignans by healthy Western postmenopausal women and identify food sources of phytoestrogens.
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Dietary Intake of Phytoestrogens Is Associated with a Favorable Metabolic Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Postmenopausal U.S. Women: The Framingham Study
Miriam J.J. de Kleijn,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Peter W.F. Wilson,Diederick E. Grobbee,Paul F. Jacques +4 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, high intake of phytoestrogens in postmenopausal women appears to be associated with a favorable metabolic cardiovascular risk profile.
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Intake of Dietary Phytoestrogens by Dutch Women
Lital Keinan Boker,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Miriam J.J. de Kleijn,Paul F. Jacques,Diederick E. Grobbee,Petra H.M. Peeters +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that intake levels of phytoestrogen in the Dutch middle-aged and elderly women are low; however, they are comparable with intake levels previously reported for other Western cohorts.
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Endogenous Estrogen Exposure and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Miriam J.J. de Kleijn,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,André L. M. Verbeek,Petra H.M. Peeters,Jan-Dirk Banga,Yolanda van der Graaf +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that age at menopause is related to cardiovascular disease mortality and that a newly developed composite measure of endogenous estrogen exposure does not add to the predictive value of age atMenopause for cardiovascular mortality.
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Reproductive history and cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women: A review of the literature
TL;DR: Only menstrual cycle irregularity, pregnancy losses, and age at menopause are possibly related to cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women, and all reproductive factors need to be studied together to assess reproductive history in a proper manner.