Age at Menarche and Risks of Coronary Heart and Other Vascular Diseases in a Large UK Cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: -In this cohort, the relation of age at menarche to vascular disease risk was U-shaped, with both early and late menarche being associated with increased risk. Associations were weaker for cerebrovascular and hypertensive disease than for CHD. PMID: 25512444 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Circulation - December 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Canoy D, Beral V, Balkwill A, Wright FL, Kroll ME, Reeves GK, Green J, Cairns BJ Tags: Circulation Source Type: research