In pediatrics, identifying risk factors is important in planning the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an independent association between early menarche (<12 years) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Korean women. We analyzed data from 4463 premenopausal women from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-IV (2007-2009). MetS was defined by the International Diabetes Federation for Asians and insulin resistance (IR) was defined as HOMA-IR more than 3.05. The prevalence of MetS and IR was 7.9 and 15.0
作者:Se Won, Lim;Ju Hyun, Ahn;Jun Ah, Lee;Dong Ho, Kim;Ju-Hee, Seo;Jung Sub, Lim
来源:European journal of pediatrics 2016 年 175卷 1期