A Century of Change: Unraveling the Impact of Socioeconomic/Historical Milestones on Age at Menarche and Other Female Reproductive Factors in Japan
CONCLUSION: Age at menarche showed a long-term downward trend in Japan, with significant change points in annual percent change. Other factors showed secular changes in trends as well. These change points were observed at the same time as historical events, namely wars and economic development, suggesting that socioeconomic and environmental changes at the population level affect reproductive factors in females.PMID:38191181 | DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20230155
Source: Journal of Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Madoka Iwase Yukari Taniyama Yuriko N Koyanagi Yumiko Kasugai Isao Oze Norikazu Masuda Hidemi Ito Keitaro Matsuo Source Type: research
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