Selected
Publications

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Rulu P,* Berton-Johnson ER, Dhall M, Sievert LL. (2024). Chronic stress, social support, and symptoms at midlife.    Is there a buffering effect? Am J Biol Anthropol 184(2):e24936 doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24936

Dornisch SJ,* Sievert LL, Sharmeen T, Begum K, Muttukrishna S, Chowdhury O, Bentley GR. (2024). Religious minority identity associates with stress and psychological health among Muslim and Hindu women in Bangladesh and London.  Am J Human Bio  doi: 10.1002/ajhb.24057

Gerber LM, Whitcomb BW, Verjee MA, Sievert LL. (2024). Bothersome symptoms at midlife in relation to body fat percentage.  Am J Human Bio 36(6):e24054.. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.24054

Witkowski S, White Q,** Shreyer S,* Brown DE, Sievert LL. (2024). The influence of habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior on objective and subjective hot flashes at midlife. Menopause  31(5):381-389. doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000002341

Witkowski S, White Q,** Shreyer S,* Garcia RL, Brown DE, Sievert LL. (2024). Acute increases in physical activity and temperature are associated with hot flash experience in midlife women. Menopause 31(7):600-607.  doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002373

Rulu P,* Berton-Johnson ER, Kamilar J, Dhall M, Sievert LL. (2024). Midlife symptoms and household stress are associated with fingernail cortisol.  Menopause 31(2):116-122. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002302 

Sievert LL, Sharmeen T, Muttukrishna S, Begum K, Murphy L, Chowdury O, Bentley GR. (2023). Phytoestrogens and symptom frequencies at midlife among Bangladeshis in Bangladesh and London.  Nutrients. 15, 3676.  https://doi.org/ 10.3390/nu15173676 

Bentley GR, Núñez-de la Mora A, Freed MC,* Begum K, Muttukrishna S, Sharmeen T, Murphy L, Chowdhury O, Gunu R, Sievert LL. (2023). Relationship of estradiol and progesterone with partnership and parity among Bangladeshi and British women of European origin.  Human Nature 34(1):1-24.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-

023-09442-6 

Other Publications (Selected) 

Bentley GR, Núñez-de la Mora A, Freed MC,* Begum K, Muttukrishna S, Sharmeen T, Murphy L, Chowdhury O, Gunu R, Sievert LL. (2023). Relationship of estradiol and progesterone with partnership and parity among Bangladeshi and British women of European origin.  Human Nature 34(1):1-24.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-023-09442-6 

Sievert LL, Whitcomb BW, Verjee MA, Gerber LM. (2022). Limited evidence of a threshold effect for increasing adiposity on risk of symptoms at midlife.  Menopause. 29(12):1381-1387.

Sievert LL, Huicochea-Gómez L, Cahuich-Campos D, Kent J, Brown DE. (2022). Grip strength, standing balance, 

and rapid foot tapping in relation to the menopausal transition in Campeche, Mexico.  Am J Human Biol  34(9):e23781.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23781

Sievert LL, Huicochea-Gómez L, Cahuich-Campos D, Whitcomb BW, Brown DE. (2021). Age at menopause among rural and urban women in the state of Campeche, Mexico.  Menopause 28(12):1358-1368  doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000001886

Sievert LL, Huicochea-Gómez L, Cahuich-Campos D, Morrison L, Brown DE. (2021). When does fertility end?  The timing of tubal ligations and hysterectomies, and the meaning of menopause. Anthropology and Aging 42(1):10-29.

Sievert LL, Huicochea-Gómez, Cahuich-Campos D, Brown DE. (2019). Hot flashes associated with menopause in the state of Campeche, Mexico:  self-reported experience and biometric measurement.  Current Anthropology. 60(3):436-443.  DOI: 10.1086/703144.

Sievert LL, Begum K*, Sharmeen T*, Murphy L*, Whitcomb BW, Chowdhury O, Muttukrishna S, Bentley GR.      (2016). Hot flash report and measurement among Bangladeshi migrants, their London neighbors, and their      community of origin. Am J Physical Anthropology 161(4):620-633.

Begum K*, Muttukrishna S, Sievert LL, Sharmeen T*, Murphy L*, Chowdhury O, Kasim A, Bentley GR. (2016).     Ethnicity or environment:  Effects of migration on ovarian reserve among Bangladeshi women in the United Kingdom.  Fertility and Sterility. 105(3):744-754.

Sievert LL, Masley A**. (2015). Are menopausal hot flashes an evolutionary byproduct of postpartum warming?  Menopause 22(4):377-383.

Sievert LL. (2014). Anthropology and the study of menopause:  evolutionary, developmental, and comparative perspectives.  Menopause 21(10):1151-1159.

Sievert LL. (2014). Menopause across cultures: clinical considerations.  NAMS Practice Pearl. Menopause 21(4):421-423.

Sievert LL, Murphy L*, Morrison LA, Reza AM*, Brown DE. (2013). Age at menopause and determinants of      hysterectomy and menopause in a multi-ethnic community: The Hilo Women’s Health Study.  Maturitas 76(4):334-341.

Sievert LL. (2013). Subjective and objective measures of hot flashes.  Am J Human Bio 25(5):573-580.

Sharmeen T*, Sievert LL, Begum K*, Chowdhury O, Muttukrishna S, Bentley GR. (2013). Symptoms at midlife, family structure, and household workloads in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Anthropological Review 76(2):199-216.

Murphy L*, Sievert LL, Begum K*, Sharmeen T*, Chowdhury O, Muttukrishna S, Bentley GR. (2013). Life course effects on age at menopause among Bangladeshi sedentees and migrants to the UK. Am J Human Biology 25(1):83-93.

Sievert LL, Obermeyer CM. (2012). Symptom clusters at midlife: A four-country comparison of checklist and qualitative responses.  Menopause 19(2):133-144.

Melby MK, Sievert LL, Anderson D, Obermeyer CM. (2011). Overview of methods used in cross-cultural comparisons of menopausal symptoms and their determinants: Guidelines for strengthening the reporting of menopause and aging (STROMA) Studies.  Maturitas, 70:99-109.

Brown DE, Sievert LL, Morrison LA, Rahberg N**, Reza A**. (2011). Relationship between hot flashes and ambulatory blood pressure: The Hilo Women’s Health Study.  Psychosomatic Med 73(2):166-72.

Sievert LL, Reza A**, Mills P, Morrison L, Rahberg N**, Goodloe A**, Sutherland M, Brown DE. (2010). Diurnal rhythm and concordance between objective and subjective hot flashes: The Hilo Women’s Health Study.  Menopause 17(3):471-479. 

Brown DE, Sievert LL, Morrison LA, Reza AM**, Mills PS. (2009). Do Japanese American women really have fewer hot flashes than European Americans? The Hilo Women’s Health Study. Menopause 16 (5):870-876.

Sievert LL, Begum K*, Sharmeen T*, Chowdhury O, Muttukrishna S, Bentley G. (2008). Patterns of occurrence and concordance between subjective and objective hot flashes among Muslim and Hindu women in Sylhet, Bangladesh.  Am J Human Biology 20:598-604.

Sievert LL, Morrison L, Brown, D, Reza A**.  (2007). Vasomotor symptoms among Japanese and European-American women living in Hilo, Hawaii.  Menopause, 14(2):261-269.

Gerber LM, Sievert LL, Warren K, Pickering TG, Schwartz JE. (2007). Hot flashes are associated with increased ambulatory systolic blood pressure.  Menopause, 14(2):308-315.

Obermeyer CM, Sievert LL. (2007). Cross-cultural comparisons: midlife, aging, and menopause. Menopause, 14(4):663-667. 

Sievert LL, Obermeyer CM, Saliba M. (2007). Symptom groupings at midlife: cross-cultural variation and     association with job, home, and life change.  Menopause, 14(4):798-807. 

Sievert LL. (2007). Variation in sweating patterns: implications for studies of hot flashes through skin conductance. Menopause, 14(4):742-751. doi:10.1097/gme.0b013e3180577841

Sievert LL, Flanagan EK*. (2005). Geographical distribution of hot flash frequencies: considering climatic influences.  Am J Physical Anthro 128:437-443.

Sievert LL, DuBois Z*. (2005). Validating signals of ovulation: do women who think they know really know?  Am J Human Biology, 17:310-320.

Sievert LL, Vidovic M, Horak H**, Abel M. (2004). Age and symptom experience at menopause in the Selška Valley, Slovenia.  Menopause 11(2):223-227.

James GD, Sievert LL, Flanagan E*. (2004). Ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate in relation to hot flash experience among women of menopausal age.  Annals of Human Biology. 31(1):49-58.

Leidy Sievert L. (2003). El envejecimiento reproductivo:  la menopausia en Puebla, México. Estudios de Antropología Biológica. 11:91-112.

Sievert LL, Espinosa-Hernandez G**. (2003). Attitudes toward menopause in relation to symptom experience in Puebla, Mexico.  Women and Health, 38(2):93-106.

Sievert LL, Hautaniemi SI*. (2003). Age at menopause in Puebla, Mexico.  Human Biology, 75(2):205-226.

Sievert LL, Freedman RR, Zarain Garcia J, Foster JL*, Romano MC**, Longcope C, Franz C. (2002). Measurement of hot flashes by sternal skin conductance and subjective hot flash report in Puebla, Mexico.  Menopause, 9(5):367-376.

Leidy L, Godfrey L, Sutherland M. (1998). Is follicular atresia biphasic?  Fertility and Sterility, 70(5): 851-859.

Leidy, L. (1997). Menopausal symptoms and everyday complaints.  Menopause.  4(3):154-60.

Leidy, L. (1996). The timing of menopause in relation to body size and weight change.  Human Biology, 68(6):997-1012.

Leidy, L. (1994). Biological aspects of menopause:  across the lifespan.  Annual Review of Anthropology, 23:231-53.

Leidy, L. (1994). The possible role of the pessary in the etiology of toxic shock.  Med Anthro Quarterly, 8(2):198-208.

Book chapters (selected)