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The authors report no conflict of interest.
The International Collaboration for a Life Course Approach to Women’s Reproductive Health and Chronic Disease Events project is funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council project grant (APP1027196). G.D.M. is supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellowship (APP1121844). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Cite this article as: Zhu D, Chung HF, Dobson AJ et al. Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and risk of cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of six prospective studies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020;223:898.e1-16.