Age at menarche and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a population-based study in Xiamen, China

• Main Authors: Liying Wang (Author), Bing Yan (Author), Xiulin Shi (Author), Haiqu Song (Author), Weijuan Su (Author), Bingkun Huang (Author), Yuxian Zhang (Author), Shunhua Wang (Author), Fuping Lv (Author), Mingzhu Lin (Author), Xuejun Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It has been reported that earlier age at menarche is associated with a higher risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the relationship between age at menarche and gestational diabetes mellitus is inconsistent across studies. We hypothesized that an earlier age at menarche wou...