Early menarche is associated with lower adult lung function: A longitudinal cohort study from the first to sixth decade of life.
Brittany CampbellJulie A SimpsonDinh S BuiCaroline J LodgeAdrian J LoweMelanie C MathesonGayan BowatteJohn A BurgessGarun S HamiltonBenedicte LeynaertFrancisco Gómez RealPaul S ThomasGraham G GilesPeter A FrithDavid P JohnsGita MishraJudith M Garcia-AymerichDebbie JarvisMichael John AbramsonE Haydn WaltersJennifer L PerretShyamali Chandrika DharmagePublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2019)
Early menarche was associated with reduced adult lung function. This is the first study to investigate post-BD outcomes and quantify the partial role of adult height in this association.