Associations between maternal age at menarche and anthropometric and metabolic parameters in the adolescent offspring.

Ye Hong Sarah E Maessen Guan-Ping Dong Xiaodong Huang Wei Wu Li Liang Chun Lin Wang Xiaochun Chen John D Gibbins Wayne S Cutfield José G B Derraik Jun-Fen Fu

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2019)

Younger maternal age at menarche is associated with increased obesity risk in their sons, but not daughters. However, girls who experience menarche earlier have a less favourable anthropometric profile.

Keyphrases

birth weight
body composition
pregnancy outcomes
weight gain
young adults
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
mental health
type diabetes
high fat diet
weight loss
high fat diet induced
pregnant women
body mass index
gestational age
adipose tissue
physical activity
skeletal muscle
childhood cancer