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Table 2 Health implications of early or late menarcheal age

From: Determinants of menarche

Early menarche

Late menarche

Abdominal type obesity

Osteoporosis

Insulin resistance

Adolescent depression

Glucose intolerance

Social anxiety symptoms

Cardiovascular risk

 

Coronary heart disease

 

Increased bone mineral density

 

Increased cancer mortality

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