Obesity and age at menarche

Anshu Shrestha; Jørn Olsen; Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen; Bodil Hammer Bech; Ellen Aagaard Nohr

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.020

Obesity and age at menarche

Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun 30;95(8):2732-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.020. Epub 2011 Mar 10.

Authors

Anshu Shrestha¹, Jørn Olsen, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen, Bodil Hammer Bech, Ellen Aagaard Nohr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1772, USA. ashrestha@mednet.ucla.edu

PMID: 21392743
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.020

Abstract

A cohort study of 3,169 girls born in April 1984-April 1987 in Odense and Aalborg, Denmark, was performed to examine whether maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) accounted for daughter's age of menarche (AOM) and, if so, whether it accounted for part or all of the association between daughter's BMI and AOM. Multiple regression analyses adjusted for covariates indicated a weak inverse association between maternal BMI and AOM and a much stronger inverse association between offspring BMI and AOM independent of maternal BMI.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Factors
Body Mass Index*
Cohort Studies
Denmark
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Menarche*
Mothers*
Obesity / physiopathology*
Pregnancy
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Young Adult