Fat mass changes during menopause: a metaanalysis

A Ambikairajah, E Walsh, H Tabatabaei-Jafari… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Data: Fat mass has been shown to increase in aging women; however, the extent
to which menopausal status mediates these changes remains unclear. The purpose of this …

A review of menopause nomenclature

A Ambikairajah, E Walsh, N Cherbuin - Reproductive health, 2022 - Springer
Menopause nomenclature varies in the scholarly literature making synthesis and
interpretation of research findings difficult. Therefore, the present study aimed to review and …

Determinants of menarche

O Karapanou, A Papadimitriou - Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2010 - Springer
Menarche is a milestone in a woman's life as it denotes the start of reproductive capacity.
Aim of this report is to review the recent developments and the current knowledge in the …

Pubertal timing and adult obesity and cardiometabolic risk in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Prentice, RM Viner - International journal of obesity, 2013 - nature.com
Obesity has complex multifactorial aetiology. It has been suggested by many, but not all,
reports that earlier pubertal maturation may increase adult obesity risk. We conducted a …

Early age at menarche associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality

R Lakshman, NG Forouhi, SJ Sharp… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Context: The relationship between age at menarche and cardiovascular disease remains
unclear. Two recent studies found an inverse association between age at menarche and all …

Metabolic syndrome and menopause: pathophysiology, clinical and diagnostic significance

A Stefanska, K Bergmann, G Sypniewska - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Menopause is a risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases, including metabolic syndrome
(MetS), type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. MetS is a constellation of …

Age at menarche and risks of all-cause and cardiovascular death: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Charalampopoulos, A McLoughlin… - American journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the associations
between menarcheal age and all-cause and cardiovascular death. Medline, Embase …

The relationship between circulating lipids and breast cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study

KE Johnson, KM Siewert, D Klarin, SM Damrauer… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background A number of epidemiological and genetic studies have attempted to determine
whether levels of circulating lipids are associated with risks of various cancers, including …

Nongenetic determinants of age at menarche: a systematic review

A Yermachenko, V Dvornyk - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The acceleration of pubertal development is an important medical and social
problem, as it may result in increased morbidity and mortality in later life. This systematic …

Age at menarche and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from 2 large prospective cohort studies

C He, C Zhang, DJ Hunter… - American journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The authors investigated the association between age at menarche and risk of type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among 101,415 women from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) aged …