Associations between age at menarche and menopause with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis in Chinese Women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1612-1621

  Qiu, Changsheng ^a   Chen, Hongjie ^b   Wen, Junping ^b   Zhu, Pengli ^b   Lin, Fenghui ^b   Huang, Baoying ^b   Wu, Peijian ^b   Lin, Qingfei ^a   Lin, Yinghua ^b   Rao, Huiying ^b   Huang, Huibin ^b   Liang, Jixing ^b   Li, Liantao ^b   Gong, Xueying ^b   Peng, Shushan ^b   Li, Meizhi ^b   Chen, Ling ^b   Tang, Kaka ^b   Chen, Zichun ^b   Lin, Lixiang ^b   Lu, Jieli ^c   Bi, Yufang ^c   Ning, Guang ^c   Chen, Gang ^b   more..

^a FUJIAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCANEUS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876264838     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2919     Document Type: Article

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