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Cardiovascular risk in women with uterine fibroids of different ethnic groups
Haan, Y.C.L.
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Haan, Y. C. L. (2020). Cardiovascular risk in women with uterine fibroids of different ethnic
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Cardiovascular risk in women with uterine
fibroids of different ethnic groups
Copyright © Yentl C.L. Haan, 2020
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission of the author.
ISBN: ISBN 978-94-6375-754-6 Author Yentl Haan
Cover design Caroline Bruikman
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The printing of this thesis was financially supported by:
Cardiovascular risk in women with uterine
fibroids of different ethnic groups
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus
prof. dr. ir. K.I.J. Maex
ten overstaan van een door het College voor Promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel
op donderdag 13 februari 2020, te 12.00 uur
door Yentl Christina Louise Haan geboren te Bussum
PROMOTIECOMMISSIE
Promotor: prof. dr. S. Middeldorp AMC-UvA
Copromotor: dr. L.M. Brewster Stichting Creatine Kinase Overige leden: prof. dr. C. Schultsz AMC-UvA
prof. dr. R.J.G. Peters AMC-UvA dr. N.R. Bindraban AMC-UvA prof. dr. E.T. van Bavel AMC-UvA
prof. dr. J.C. Seidell Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculteit der Geneeskunde
Financial support by the Dutch Heart Foundation for the publication of this thesis is gratefully acknowledged
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction and outline of the thesis 9
Chapter 2 Hypertension risk in Dutch women with symptomatic
uterine fibroids 21
Chapter 3 The Risk of Hypertension and Cardiovascular
Disease in Women with Uterine Fibroids 37
Chapter 4 Cardiovascular disease in women with uterine
fibroids: data from NHANES 61
Chapter 5 Increased arterial stiffness in women with uterine fibroids 79
Chapter 6 Creatine kinase as a marker of obesity in a multi-ethnic
population 97
Chapter 7 Summary and Perspectives 117
Appendices
Nederlandse samenvatting 131
List of publications 139
Authors and affiliations 141
Portfolio 143
Dankwoord 145
