Jiajun Shi, Ben Zhang, Ji-Yeob Choi, Yu-Tang Gao, Huaixing Li, Wei Lu, Jirong Long, Daehee Kang, Yong-Bing Xiang, Wanqing Wen, Sue K Park, Xingwang Ye, Dong-Young Noh, Ying Zheng, Yiqin Wang, Seokang Chung, Xu Lin, Qiuyin Cai, Xiao-Ou Shu
Age at menarche (AM) and age at natural menopause (ANM) are complex traits with a high heritability. Abnormal timing of menarche or menopause is associated with a reduced span of fertility and risk for several age-related diseases including breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. To identify novel genetic loci for AM or ANM in East Asian women and to replicate previously identified loci primarily in women of European ancestry by genome-wide association studies (GWASs), we conducted a two-stage GWAS...
December 2016: Age (2005-)