Early‐life menstrual characteristics and gestational diabetes in a large US cohort
Wang Z, Baird D, Williams M, Jukic A, Wilcox A, Curry C, Fischer‐Colbrie T, Onnela J, Hauser R, Coull B, Mahalingaiah S. Early‐life menstrual characteristics and gestational diabetes in a large US cohort. Paediatric And Perinatal Epidemiology 2024, 38: 654-665. PMID: 39607069, PMCID: PMC11603761, DOI: 10.1111/ppe.13129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMenstrual cycle characteristicsAssociated with GDMGestational diabetesMenstrual characteristicsEarly menarcheHigher risk of GDMRisk of GDMEvaluate associationsPoisson generalised estimating equationsAssociated with higher riskModified Poisson regressionGDM historyRecurrent GDMLive birthsEarly-life factorsGDMPregnancyUS cohortRecurrenceCycle regularityGeneralised estimating equationsMenarcheLogistic regressionDiabetesPoisson regressionMenarche and Time to Cycle Regularity Among Individuals Born Between 1950 and 2005 in the US
Wang Z, Asokan G, Onnela J, Baird D, Jukic A, Wilcox A, Curry C, Fischer-Colbrie T, Williams M, Hauser R, Coull B, Mahalingaiah S. Menarche and Time to Cycle Regularity Among Individuals Born Between 1950 and 2005 in the US. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2412854. PMID: 38809557, PMCID: PMC11137638, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.12854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexAdverse health outcomesEarly menarcheHealth outcomesSocioeconomic statusBirth yearCohort studyAssociated with adverse health outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksEarly-life characteristicsParticipants self-ratedEthnic minority groupsTemporal trendsSociodemographic factorsExploratory mediation analysisMain OutcomesUS cohortLate menarcheMass indexCycle regularitySelf-ratingsMenarcheHealth implicationsMediation analysisParticipants