Age at menarche and cardiovascular disease mortality in Singaporean Chinese women: The Singapore Chinese Health Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 717-722

  Mueller, Noel T ^a   Odegaard, Andrew O ^a   Gross, Myron D ^a   Koh, Woon Puay ^b   Yuan, Jian Min ^c   Pereira, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort studies; Coronary heart disease; Menarche; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866528824     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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