Age at menarche and risks of all-cause and cardiovascular death: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-40

  Charalampopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   McLoughlin, Andrew ^a   Elks, Cathy E ^b   Ong, Ken K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; death rate; menarche; mortality; puberty

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; WOMENS HEALTH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENARCHE; META ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

SCOPUS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH RATE; MENARCHE; MORTALITY; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84903995737     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu113     Document Type: Review

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