Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Adiposity is increasing rapidly in China but little is known about the relevance to it of women’s reproductive factors, which differ intergenerationally and from that in the West. We assess associations of adiposity with life-course reproductive factors in Ch...

Mô tả đầy đủ

Chi tiết về thư mục
Những tác giả chính: Yang, L, Li, L, Millwood, I, Lewington, S, Guo, Y, Sherliker, P, Peters, S, Bian, Z, Wu, X, Yu, M, Liu, H, Wang, H, Mao, E, Chen, J, Woodward, M, Peto, R, Chen, Z
Định dạng: Journal article
Được phát hành: Oxford University Press 2016
_version_ 1826261340662005760
author Yang, L
Li, L
Millwood, I
Lewington, S
Guo, Y
Sherliker, P
Peters, S
Bian, Z
Wu, X
Yu, M
Liu, H
Wang, H
Mao, E
Chen, J
Woodward, M
Peto, R
Chen, Z
author_facet Yang, L
Li, L
Millwood, I
Lewington, S
Guo, Y
Sherliker, P
Peters, S
Bian, Z
Wu, X
Yu, M
Liu, H
Wang, H
Mao, E
Chen, J
Woodward, M
Peto, R
Chen, Z
author_sort Yang, L
collection OXFORD
description <h4>Background</h4> <p>Adiposity is increasing rapidly in China but little is known about the relevance to it of women’s reproductive factors, which differ intergenerationally and from that in the West. We assess associations of adiposity with life-course reproductive factors in Chinese women.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>In 2004-8 the nationwide China Kadoorie Biobank recruited 303,000 women aged 30-79 (mean 50) years from 10 diverse regions. Multivariable linear regression was used to examine associations of reproductive factors (e.g. age at menarche/first birth/menopause, parity, breastfeeding, and reproductive years) with measures of general (e.g. body mass index [BMI]) and central (e.g. waist circumference [WC]) adiposity in adulthood.</p> <h4>Results</h4> <p>Overall, the mean BMI was 23.7 (SD 3.3) kg/m2, mean age at menarche was 15 (2) years, and nearly all had given birth (99%) and breastfed children (98%). Adiposity was associated inversely with age at menarche and at first birth, with 0.19 and 0.05 kg/m2 lower BMI, 0.38 and 0.12 cm lower WC per 1 year delay respectively (p&lt;0.001). Among 128,259 post-menopausal women, adiposity was associated positively with age at menopause and reproductive years, with 0.05 and 0.07 kg/m2 higher BMI and 0.12 and 0.17 cm higher WC per 1 year increase respectively (p&lt;0.001). The proportion with overweight/obesity had similar associations with these reproductive factors. Adiposity had a non-linear positive association with parity, but no association with breastfeeding duration.</p> <h4>Conclusion</h4> <p>Among Chinese women, earlier age at menarche and at first birth, later age at and longer reproductive years were independently associated with increased adiposity late in life.</p>
first_indexed 2024-03-06T19:19:51Z
format Journal article
id oxford-uuid:19b1b1b1-4aaa-4fb2-9050-c5a58bba2bd3
institution University of Oxford
last_indexed 2024-03-06T19:19:51Z
publishDate 2016
publisher Oxford University Press
record_format dspace
spelling oxford-uuid:19b1b1b1-4aaa-4fb2-9050-c5a58bba2bd32022-03-26T10:50:28ZAdiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank studyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:19b1b1b1-4aaa-4fb2-9050-c5a58bba2bd3Symplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2016Yang, LLi, LMillwood, ILewington, SGuo, YSherliker, PPeters, SBian, ZWu, XYu, MLiu, HWang, HMao, EChen, JWoodward, MPeto, RChen, Z<h4>Background</h4> <p>Adiposity is increasing rapidly in China but little is known about the relevance to it of women’s reproductive factors, which differ intergenerationally and from that in the West. We assess associations of adiposity with life-course reproductive factors in Chinese women.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>In 2004-8 the nationwide China Kadoorie Biobank recruited 303,000 women aged 30-79 (mean 50) years from 10 diverse regions. Multivariable linear regression was used to examine associations of reproductive factors (e.g. age at menarche/first birth/menopause, parity, breastfeeding, and reproductive years) with measures of general (e.g. body mass index [BMI]) and central (e.g. waist circumference [WC]) adiposity in adulthood.</p> <h4>Results</h4> <p>Overall, the mean BMI was 23.7 (SD 3.3) kg/m2, mean age at menarche was 15 (2) years, and nearly all had given birth (99%) and breastfed children (98%). Adiposity was associated inversely with age at menarche and at first birth, with 0.19 and 0.05 kg/m2 lower BMI, 0.38 and 0.12 cm lower WC per 1 year delay respectively (p&lt;0.001). Among 128,259 post-menopausal women, adiposity was associated positively with age at menopause and reproductive years, with 0.05 and 0.07 kg/m2 higher BMI and 0.12 and 0.17 cm higher WC per 1 year increase respectively (p&lt;0.001). The proportion with overweight/obesity had similar associations with these reproductive factors. Adiposity had a non-linear positive association with parity, but no association with breastfeeding duration.</p> <h4>Conclusion</h4> <p>Among Chinese women, earlier age at menarche and at first birth, later age at and longer reproductive years were independently associated with increased adiposity late in life.</p>
spellingShingle Yang, L
Li, L
Millwood, I
Lewington, S
Guo, Y
Sherliker, P
Peters, S
Bian, Z
Wu, X
Yu, M
Liu, H
Wang, H
Mao, E
Chen, J
Woodward, M
Peto, R
Chen, Z
Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study
title Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study
title_full Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study
title_fullStr Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study
title_full_unstemmed Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study
title_short Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300,000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study
title_sort adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300 000 chinese women findings from china kadoorie biobank study
work_keys_str_mv AT yangl adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT lil adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT millwoodi adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT lewingtons adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT guoy adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT sherlikerp adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT peterss adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT bianz adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT wux adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT yum adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT liuh adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT wangh adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT maoe adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT chenj adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT woodwardm adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT petor adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy
AT chenz adiposityinrelationtoageatmenarcheandotherreproductivefactorsamong300000chinesewomenfindingsfromchinakadooriebiobankstudy