Extended maternal age at birth of last child and women's longevity in the Long Life Family Study

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-31

  Sun, Fangui ^a   Sebastiani, Paola ^a   Schupf, Nicole ^b   Bae, Harold ^a   Andersen, Stacy L ^c   McIntosh, Avery ^a   Abel, Haley ^d   Elo, Irma T ^e   Perls, Thomas T ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarian; Evolution; Familial longevity; Maternal age; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL AGE; PROGENY; SIBLING; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920284007     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000276     Document Type: Article

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