Siobán D. Harlow

TL;DR: Application of the STRAW + 10 staging system should improve comparability of studies of midlife women and facilitate clinical decision making and provide a more comprehensive basis for assessing reproductive aging in research and clinical contexts.

TL;DR: Although a fairly limited number of medically-related exposures including hormonal medications hospitalization and pregnancy-related events appear to be accurately recalled as demonstrated in the comparisons of self-reports with medical records recall of other medically- related exposures including diagnostic radiographs and history of specific chronic illnesses is not as good.

TL;DR: STRAW +10 provides a more comprehensive basis for assessing reproductive aging in research and clinical contexts and should improve comparability of studies of midlife women and facilitate clinical decision making.

TL;DR: STRAW + 10 provides a more comprehensive basis for assessing reproductive aging in research and clinical contexts and should improve comparability of studies of midlife women and facilitate clinical decision making.

TL;DR: AMH, an endocrine marker that reflects the transition of resting primordial follicles to growing follicles, declined to a time point 5 yr prior to the FMP; this may represent a critical biological juncture in the menopause transition.