Menstrual Cycle Irregularity in Adolescence Is Associated With Cardiometabolic Health in Early Adulthood

Menstrual Cycle Irregularity in Adolescence Is Associated With Cardiometabolic Health in Early Adulthood

Background Menstrual cycle irregularities are associated with cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease. We tested associations between age at menarche and cycle irregularity in adolescence and cardiometabolic health in early adulthood in a subsample from the Pittsburgh Girls Study. Methods and Res...

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Main Authors: Kate Keenan, Alison E. Hipwell, Tamar S. Polonsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
adolescent
cardiometabolic
early adulthood
health disparities
menstruation
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.029372

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