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Age at Menarche and Cardiometabolic Health: A Sibling Analysis in the Scottish Family Health Study.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 10 Feb 2018
Magnus Maria C, Lawlor Debbie A, Iliodromiti Stamatina, Padmanabhan Sandosh, Nelson Scott M, Fraser Abigail
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies of age at menarche and cardiometabolic health report conflicting findings, and only a few could account for childhood characteristics. We aimed to estimate the associations of age at menarche with cardiovascular risk factors in unrelated women and within sister groups, under the assumption that within-sibship estimates will be better adjusted for shared genetics and early life...
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