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Earlier age at menarche is associated with higher diabetes risk and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in Brazilian adults: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

OBJECTIVES: Early menarche has been linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes in Western and Asian societies, yet whether age at menarche is associated with diabetes in Latin America, where puberty and diabetes may have different life courses, is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that earlier menarch...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Noel T, Duncan, Bruce B, Barreto, Sandhi M, Chor, Dora, Bessel, Marina, Aquino, Estela ML, Pereira, Mark A, Schmidt, Maria Inês
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24438044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-13-22