Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia

Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia Publisher Pubmed

Abe SK¹ ; Nishio M¹ ; Huang HL¹ ; Leung CY¹ ; Islam MR^{1, 2} ; Rahman MS^{1, 3} ; Saito E⁴ ; Shin A^{5, 6} ; Merritt MA⁷ ; Choi JY^{6, 8} ; Katagiri R⁹ ; Mohammadi Z¹⁰ ; Shu XO¹¹ ; Wakai K¹² Show All Authors

Abe SK¹
Nishio M¹
Huang HL¹
Leung CY¹
Islam MR^{1, 2}
Rahman MS^{1, 3}
Saito E⁴
Shin A^{5, 6}
Merritt MA⁷
Choi JY^{6, 8}
Katagiri R⁹
Mohammadi Z¹⁰
Shu XO¹¹
Wakai K¹²
Sawada N¹³
Ideno Y¹⁴
Tamakoshi A¹⁵
Seow WJ¹⁶
Koh WP^{17, 18}
Sakata R¹⁹
Hozawa A²⁰
Kim J²¹
Nagata C²²
Sugawara Y²⁰
Park SK⁵
Kweon SS²³
Azizi F²⁴
Malekzadeh R²⁵
Moy FM²⁶
Pourfarzi F²⁷
Gao YT^{28, 29}
Kubo Y¹²
Hirabayashi M¹
Nagai K¹⁴
Kimura T¹⁵
Yuan JM^{30, 31}
Kanemura S²⁰
Wada K²²
Kang D^{5, 6}
Shin MH²³
Khalili D³²
Poustchi H¹⁰
Rezaianzadeh A³³
Mansourghanaei F³⁴
Najafi F³⁵
Mohebbi I³⁶
Boffetta P^{37, 38}
Lee JE³⁹
Matsuo K⁴⁰
Rothman N⁴¹
Qiao YL⁴²
Zheng W¹¹
Inoue M¹

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1. Division of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan
2. Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
3. Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
4. Sustainable Society Design Center Graduate School of Frontier Sciences the University of Tokyo, Japan
5. Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
6. Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
7. The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
8. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, South Korea
9. Graduate School of Informatics, Faculty of Informatics, Chiba University, Japan
10. Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
11. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
12. Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
13. Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Japan
14. Gunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness, Maebashi, Japan
15. Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
16. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore
17. Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
18. Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A∗STAR), Singapore
19. Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
20. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
21. Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Seoul, South Korea
22. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
23. Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
24. Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
25. Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
26. Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
27. Digestive Disease Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
28. Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, China
29. Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
30. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
31. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
32. Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
33. Colorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
34. Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
35. Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
36. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Clinical Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
37. Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
38. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
39. Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, South Korea
40. Division Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
41. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, United States
42. School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Source: Public Health Published:2024

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate changes in the age at menarche in Asian populations. Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Methods: We 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. Results: The 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. Conclusions: Overall, 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. © 2024 The Royal Society for Public Health

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MLA	Abe SK, et al.. "Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia." Public Health, vol. 237, no. , 2024, pp. 130-134.
APA	Abe SK, Nishio M, Huang HL, Leung CY, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Shin A, Merritt MA, Choi JY, Katagiri R, Mohammadi Z, Shu XO, Wakai K, Sawada N, Ideno Y, Tamakoshi A, Seow WJ, Koh WP, ... Inoue M (2024). Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia. Public Health, 237(), 130-134.
Chicago	Abe SK, Nishio M, Huang HL, Leung CY, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, et al.. "Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia." Public Health 237, no. (2024): 130-134.
Harvard	Abe SK et al. (2024) 'Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia', Public Health, 237(), pp. 130-134.
Vancouver	Abe SK, Nishio M, Huang HL, Leung CY, Islam MR, Rahman MS, et al.. Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia. Public Health. 2024;237():130-134.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Abe SK and Nishio M and Huang HL and Leung CY and Islam MR and Rahman MS and Saito E and Shin A and Merritt MA and Choi JY and Katagiri R and Mohammadi Z and Shu XO and Wakai K and Sawada N and Ideno Y and Tamakoshi A and Seow WJ and Koh WP and Sakata R and Hozawa A and Kim J and Nagata C and Sugawara Y and Park SK and Kweon SS and Azizi F and Malekzadeh R and Moy FM and Pourfarzi F and Gao YT and Kubo Y and Hirabayashi M and Nagai K and Kimura T and Yuan JM and Kanemura S and Wada K and Kang D and Shin MH and Khalili D and Poustchi H and Rezaianzadeh A and Mansourghanaei F and Najafi F and Mohebbi I and Boffetta P and Lee JE and Matsuo K and Rothman N and Qiao YL and Zheng W and Inoue M}, title = {Age at Menarche by Birth Cohort: A Pooled Analysis of Half a Million Women in Asia}, journal = {Public Health}, volume = {237}, number = {}, pages = {130-134}, year = {2024} }
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