Age at menarche and prevention of hypertension through lifestyle in young Chinese adult women: result from project ELEFANT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early and late age at menarche are associated with risk of hypertension, but little is known whether modifiable lifestyle can reduce this risk.

Methods

Our study leverages 60,135 healthy young Chinese women from the Environmental and LifEstyle FActors iN metabolic health throughout life-course Trajectories (ELEFANT) study. Menarche age and lifestyle factors were assessed by self-reported questionnaires and hypertension was diagnosed by physicians. We estimated the odds ratios (ORs) of hypertension associated with menarche age using multivariable logistic regression. We further investigated whether modifiable lifestyles (body mass index, BMI; psychological stress; passive smoking; and imbalanced diet) increased risk in joint analyses.

Results

The association

SUBMITTER: Guo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234770 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature