Age at menarche and risks of coronary heart and other vascular diseases in a large UK cohort

Circulation

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-244

  Canoy, Dexter ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Balkwill, Angela ^a   Wright, F Lucy ^a   Kroll, Mary E ^a   Reeves, Gillian K ^a   Green, Jane ^a   Cairns, Benjamin J ^a   Abbiss, Hayley ^b   Abbott, Simon ^b   Allen, Naomi ^b   Armstrong, Miranda ^b   Banks, Emily ^b   Benson, Vicky ^b   Black, Judith ^b   Bradbury, Kathryn ^b   Brown, Anna ^b   Canfell, Karen ^b   Crossley, Barbara ^b   Ewart, Dave ^b   Ewart, Sarah ^b   Fletcher, Lee ^b   Floud, Sarah ^b   Gathani, Toral ^b   Gerrard, Laura ^b   Goodill, Adrian ^b   Guiver, Lynden ^b   Lingard, Isobel ^b   Kan, Sau Wan ^b   Kirichek, Oksana ^b   Langston, Nicky ^b   Liu, Bette ^b   Luque, Maria Jose ^b   Moser, Kath ^b   Pank, Lynn ^b   Pirie, Kirstin ^b   Shaw, Keith ^b   Sherman, Emma ^b   Sherry Starmer, Evie ^b   Strange, Helena ^b   Sweetland, Sian ^b   Timadjer, Alison ^b   Tipper, Sarah ^b   Travis, Ruth ^b   Wright, Lucy ^b   Yang, Owen ^b   Young, Heather ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cerebrovascular disorders; Coronary disease; Hypertension; Menarche; Stroke; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925283485     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010070     Document Type: Article

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