Article
Age at menarche and heart failure risk: The EPIC-NL study.
Maturitas - 1 Jan 2020
Plompen Mitchell V L, van der Schouw Yvonne T, Rutten Frans H, Verschuren W M Monique, Boer Jolanda M A, Asselbergs Folkert W, Onland-Moret N Charlotte
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Early age at menarche has been reported to be associated with increased risks of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD) in adulthood, but a late menarche has also been found to be associated with an increased risk of CHD. Both T2D and CHD are important risk factors for developing heart failure (HF). We examined the relationship between age at menarche (AAM) and HF incidence in...
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