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Age at menarche by birth cohort: A pooled analysis of half a million women in Asia.

Sarah K Abe, Marisa Nishio, Hsi-Lan Huang, Chi Yan Leung, Md Rashedul Islam, Md Shafiur Rahman, Eiko Saito, Aesun Shin, Melissa A Merritt, Ji-Yeob Choi and 43 more

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Sarah K AbeDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan. Electronic address: saabe@ncc.go.jp.
Marisa NishioDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan.
Hsi-Lan HuangDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan.
Chi Yan LeungDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan.
Md Rashedul IslamDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan; Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Japan.
Md Shafiur RahmanDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan; Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Eiko SaitoSustainable Society Design Center Graduate School of Frontier Sciences the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Aesun ShinDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Melissa A MerrittThe Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ji-Yeob ChoiCancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ryoko KatagiriGraduate School of Informatics, Faculty of Informatics, Chiba University, Japan.
Zahra MohammadiLiver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Xiao-Ou ShuDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Kenji WakaiDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Norie SawadaDivision of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan.
Yuki IdenoGunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness, Maebashi, Japan.
Akiko TamakoshiDepartment of Public Health, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Wei Jie SeowSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.
Woon-Puay KohHealthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A∗STAR), Singapore.
Ritsu SakataDepartment of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.
Atsushi HozawaDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Jeongseon KimGraduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Chisato NagataDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
Yumi SugawaraDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Sue K ParkDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sun-Seog KweonDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Fereidoun AziziEndocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza MalekzadehDigestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Foong-Ming MoyDepartment of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Farhad PourfarziDigestive Disease Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Yu-Tang GaoDepartment of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, China; Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yoko KuboDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Mayo HirabayashiDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan.
Kazue NagaiGunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness, Maebashi, Japan.
Takashi KimuraDepartment of Public Health, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Jian-Min YuanCancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Seiki KanemuraDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Keiko WadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
Daehee KangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Min-Ho ShinDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Davood KhaliliPrevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein PoustchiLiver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abbas RezaianzadehColorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fariborz Mansour-GhanaeiGastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Farid NajafiResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Iraj MohebbiSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Clinical Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Paolo BoffettaStony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Jung Eun LeeDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
Keitaro MatsuoDivision Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
Nathaniel RothmanDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, United States.
You-Lin QiaoSchool of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Wei ZhengDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Manami InoueDivision of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan.

Funding

Prospective studies of cancer etiology and prevention in Shanghai and SingaporeR01CA144034 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YUAN, JIAN-MIN · 2010 to 2014
$7.0M
Shanghai Womens Health StudyUM1CA182910 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHENG, WEI · 2014 to 2018
$5.9M
THE SINGAPORE COHORT STUDY OF DIET AND CANCERR01CA080205 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YUAN, JIAN-MIN · 1999 to 2009
$5.3M
Cancer Risk Reduction and Diet: A Cohort Study of WomenR37CA070867 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHENG, WEI · 2009 to 2013
$4.7M
The Singapore Chinese Health StudyU01CA182876 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YUAN, JIAN-MIN · 2019 to 2019
$150k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA080205NCI NIH HHS R01 CA144034NCI NIH HHS R37 CA070867NCI NIH HHS U01 CA182876NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA182910
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Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate changes in the age at menarche in Asian populations. STUDY

designRetrospective cohort study.

methodsWe included 548,830 women from six countries in Asia. The data were sourced from 20 cohorts participating in the Asia Cohort Consortium (ACC) and two additional cohort studies: Japan Multi-institutional Collaborative Cohorts (J-MICC), and Japan Nurse Health Study (JNHS) with data on age at menarche. Joinpoint regression was used to evaluate changes in age at menarche by birth year and by country.

resultsThe study includes data from cohorts in six Asian countries namely, China, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. Birth cohorts ranged from 1873 to 1995. The mean age of menarche was 14.0 years with a standard deviation (SD) of 1.4 years, ranged from 12.6 to 15.5 years. Over 100 years age at menarche showed an overall decrease in all six countries. China showed a mixed pattern of decrease, increase, and subsequent decrease from 1926 to 1960. Iran and Malaysia experienced a sharp decline between about 1985 and 1990, with APC values of -4.48 and -1.24, respectively, while Japan, South Korea, and Singapore exhibited a nearly linear decline since the 1980s, notably with an APC of -3.41 in Singapore from 1993 to 1995.

conclusionsOverall, we observed a declining age at menarche, while the pace of the change differed by country. Additional long-term observation is needed to examine the contributing factors of differences in trend across Asian countries. The study could serve as a tool to strengthen global health campaigns.

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MenarcheAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAsiaBirth CohortChildCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMalaysiaRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultAgeAsiaBirth cohortMenarche

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