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Age at menarche and type 2 diabetes risk: the EPIC-InterAct study.
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OBJECTIVE: Younger age at menarche, a marker of pubertal timing in girls, is associated with higher risk of later type 2 diabetes. We aimed to confirm this association and to examine whether it is explained by adiposity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The prospective European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-InterAct case-cohort study consists of 12,403 incident type 2 diabetes cases and a stratified subcohort of 16,154 individuals from 26 research centers across eight...
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- Journal:
- Diabetes care
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 3526-3534
- Publication date:
- 2013-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1935-5548
- ISSN:
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0149-5992
- Source identifiers:
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440226
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- English
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pubs:440226
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- pubs:440226
- Deposit date:
- 2013-12-12
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- 2013
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