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The J shaped association of age at menarche and cardiovascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Samira Behboudi-Gandevan, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe, Ingunn Skjesol, Ellen Christin Arntzen, Razieh Bidhendi-Yarandi

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Age at menarche and blood pressure in late adolescence: the role of body adiposity in a Brazilian birth cohort.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026
    Article
  3. Observational
  4. Article
  5. Shared Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Genetic Factors in Early Menarche and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
    Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Samira Behboudi-GandevanFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Post Box: 1490, 8049, Bodø, Norway. samira.behboudi-gandevani@nord.no.
Cathrine Fredriksen MoeFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Post Box: 1490, 8049, Bodø, Norway.
Ingunn SkjesolFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Namsos, Norway.
Ellen Christin ArntzenFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Post Box: 1490, 8049, Bodø, Norway.
Razieh Bidhendi-YarandiDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Social Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nord University · NOUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the association between age at menarche and cardiovascular (CV) events through a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. A comprehensive literature search covering studies published from January 1, 2000, to October 31, 2023, was conducted in PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, and Scopus. Twenty-nine observational studies involving 4,931,160 adult women aged 18 years or older were included. The meta-analysis revealed a J-shaped association between age at menarche and CV events. Individuals with menarche at 12-13 years exhibited the lowest risk, while those with younger (≤ 11 years) or older ages (14-15 years and ≥ 16 years) showed an increased risk. Notably, individuals with age at menarche of 16 years and older had the highest risk of CV events. The pooled odds of CV mortality in age at menarche categories 14-15 years and ≥ 16 years were 37% (OR: 1.37, 95% CI 1.14-1.64, I

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Cardiovascular DiseasesCoronary DiseaseStrokeAdultFemaleHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansMenarcheObservational Studies as TopicRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID38302648
PMCPMC10834967
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