Age at menarche and endometrial cancer risk: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 14051
• Main Authors: Gong, Ting-Ting, Wang, Yong-Lai, Ma, Xiao-Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.09.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/67/1517/1931; Age; Cancer; Databases, Factual; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial Neoplasms - etiology; Endometrium; Female; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Heterogeneity; Hormone replacement therapy; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Menarche; Meta-analysis; multidisciplinary; Prospective Studies; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; Science
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/srep14051

Evidence between age at menarche and endometrial cancer risk have been controversial. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of prospective studies to analyze the aforementioned association. Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed and EMBASE databases until the end of June 2015. A rand...