Earlier Menarche Is Associated with Lower Insulin Sensitivity and Increased Adiposity in Young Adult Women.

Earlier Menarche Is Associated with Lower Insulin Sensitivity and Increased Adiposity in Young Adult Women.

We aimed to assess whether age at menarche was associated with insulin sensitivity in young adult women.We studied 54 healthy young women aged 20-30 years. Participants were grouped according to age at menarche: Early (≤11.0 years; n=13), Average (>12.0 and ≤13.0 years; n=28), and Late (≥14.0 yea...

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Main Authors: Dyanne A Wilson, José G B Derraik, Deborah L Rowe, Paul L Hofman, Wayne S Cutfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4464528?pdf=render

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