Height, Age at Menarche, and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
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Height, age at menarche, and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.
OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that the hormonal changes of adolescence influence ovarian cancer risk particularly in younger women. We investigated this possibility by examining the relationship between ovarian cancer and adult height and age at menarche as both factors reflect pubertal hormonal levels. METHODS Participants were a population-based sample of women with incident ovarian cancer (n=7...
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Frisch, R. E., and Revelle, R. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 695. Height and weight at menarche and a hypothesis of menarche. Height and weight at menarche were estimated by interpolation of longitudinal growth data for 181 girls. Mean weight at menarche, about 48 kg, does not change as menarcheal age increases, whereas mean height increases significantly. Early and late menarch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1055-9965,1538-7755
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-05-0085