Age at menarche and risk of major cardiovascular diseases: Evidence of birth cohort effects from a prospective study of 300,000 Chinese women

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 227, Issue , 2017, Pages 497-502

  Yang, Ling ^a   Li, Liming ^b,c   Millwood, Iona Y ^a   Peters, Sanne A E ^a   Chen, Yiping ^a   Guo, Yu ^b   Bian, Zheng ^b   Chen, Xiaofang ^d   Chen, Lingli ^e   Feng, Shixian ^f   Lv, Silu ^g   Pang, Zhigang ^h   Woodward, Mark ^a,i,j   Chen, Zhengming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Pengzhou CDC NCDs Prevention and Control Department   (China)

^e Tongxiang CDC NCDs Prevention and Control Department   (China)

^f Henan CDC NCDs Prevention and Control Department   (China)

^g Licang CDC ^*  (China)

^h NCDs Prevention and Control Department Heilongjiang CDC Harbin Heilongjiang   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Age at menarche; Birth cohort; Cardiovascular disease; Chinese; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85005950858     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.10.115     Document Type: Article

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