InterLACE provides a unique opportunity to conduct world-leading research in collaboration with key national and international investigators on women’s health studies from more than ten countries.
Start date: January 2012
Funding sources: National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council
The project undertakes cross-cohort research by combining data at the individual level from more than 850,000 participants from 27 existing observational studies to investigate the role of reproductive health across the life course on future chronic disease events including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
While such research poses cross-cohort and cross-cultural challenges, InterLACE has the capability to address research questions and generate robust evidence that is not possible from any single cohort study. InterLACE also enables a detailed review of methodologies currently used in studies on women’s health that will result in recommendations for study design, menopausal symptom measures, and reporting of results to improve international and cross-cultural comparisons.
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Research impact
- InterLACE ─ the NHMRC impact case studies
- EMAS Position Statement: Predictors of premature and early natural menopause
Media releases
- [The Conversation] Women are at greater risk of stroke, the more miscarriages or stillbirths they’ve had
- [InSight+] Stillbirths and miscarriages increase risk of stroke later in life
- [UQ News] Recurrent pregnancy loss linked to increased stroke risk later in life
- [World Stroke Academy] The Paper of the Month March: Infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and the risk of stroke among women
[UQ News] Early menstruation linked to increased menopause symptoms
[Australasian Menopause Society] Australian study links early menstruation to increased menopause symptoms
[UQ News] Hot flushes and night sweats linked to 70 per cent increase in cardiovascular disease
[News GP] Study links hot flushes, night sweats to CVD in women
[Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal] Early menopause increases risk of cardiovascular event
[UQ News] Women encouraged to maintain weight and quit smoking to reduce menopause symptoms
[News GP] Premature menopause increases cardiovascular disease
[UQ News] Trends in women’s reproductive events reflect major social and lifestyle changes
[Oxford University Press] Starting menstrual periods at a young age and childlessness increase risk of premature and early menopause
[Australasian Menopause Society] Early age menstrual periods increases risk of premature and early menopause
[UQ News] Women with early periods at increased risk of early or premature menopause
[UQ News] Weight plays a role in menopause age
Conferences
Queensland Women’s Health Forum, 12-13 September 2022, Toowoomba, Australia
17th World Congress on Menopause, 30 April ‒ 3 May 2020, Melbourne, Australia
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting, 13‒16 October 2019, Melbourne, Australia
12th European Congress on Menopause and Andropause ‒ Managing Midlife Health and Beyond in the Era of e-Medicine, 15‒17 May 2019, Berlin, Germany [Presentation title: Causes and consequences of premature and early menopause: results from the InterLACE consortium ‒ Professor Gita Mishra]