Age at menarche and risk of major cardiovascular diseases: Evidence of birth cohort effects from a prospective study of 300000 Chinese women

摘要

BackgroundPrevious studies of mostly Western women have reported inconsistent findings on the association between age at menarche and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known about the association in China where there has been a large intergenerational decrease in women's mean age at menarche.