Age at Menarche and Its Association with the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: Results from the KORA F4 Study

Doris Stöckl; Christa Meisinger; Annette Peters; Barbara Thorand; Cornelia Huth; Margit Heier; Wolfgang Rathmann; Bernd Kowall; Heidi Stöckl; Angela Döring

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026076

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Age at Menarche and Its Association with the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: Results from the KORA F4 Study

Doris Stöckl ,

* E-mail: doris.stoeckl@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Christa Meisinger,

Affiliations Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Central Hospital of Augsburg, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Augsburg, Germany
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Annette Peters,

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Barbara Thorand,

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Cornelia Huth,

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Margit Heier,

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Wolfgang Rathmann,

Affiliation Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Bernd Kowall,

Affiliation Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Heidi Stöckl,

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Social and Mathematical Epidemiology Group, London, United Kingdom
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Angela Döring

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology I, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Age at Menarche and Its Association with the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: Results from the KORA F4 Study

Doris Stöckl,
Christa Meisinger,
Annette Peters,
Barbara Thorand,
Cornelia Huth,
Margit Heier,
Wolfgang Rathmann,
Bernd Kowall,
Heidi Stöckl,
Angela Döring

Published: October 18, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026076

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