Age at menarche and risk of type 2 diabetes among African-American and white women in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Diabetologia

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2371-2380

  Dreyfus, J G ^a   Lutsey, P L ^a   Huxley, R ^a   Pankow, J S ^a   Selvin, E ^b   Fernandez Rhodes L ^c   Franceschini, N ^c   Demerath, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Growth and development; Menarche; Obesity; Puberty; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866070536     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2616-z     Document Type: Article

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