The role of BMI across the life course in the relationship between age at menarche and diabetes, in a British Birth Cohort

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 600-603

  Pierce, M B ^a   Kuh, D ^a   Hardy, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Longitudinal study; Menarche; National Survey of Health and Development; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFE CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENARCHE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858656679     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03489.x     Document Type: Article

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