Age at menarche and age at natural menopause in East Asian women: a genome-wide association study

Age

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 513-523

  Shi, Jiajun ^a   Zhang, Ben ^a   Choi, Ji Yeob ^b,c   Gao, Yu Tang ^d   Li, Huaixing ^e   Lu, Wei ^f   Long, Jirong ^a   Kang, Daehee ^b,c   Xiang, Yong Bing ^d   Wen, Wanqing ^a   Park, Sue K ^b,c   Ye, Xingwang ^e   Noh, Dong Young ^b   Zheng, Ying ^f   Wang, Yiqin ^e   Chung, Seokang ^b   Lin, Xu ^e   Cai, Qiuyin ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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

^e Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^f Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Genome wide association; Menarche; Menopause; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; RHBDL2 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TMEM150B GENE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84987624270     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-016-9939-5     Document Type: Article

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