Early Menarche and Hypertension Among Postmenopausal Women: The Mediating Role of Obesity
Early menarche was independently associated with obesity and hypertension in postmenopausal women, with obesity acting as a potential intermediary factor. Given the cross-sectional design, causality cannot be established, but the associations observed are biologically and temporally coherent.
Authors
- Mónica Alethia Cureño-Díaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-637X)
- José Ángel Hernández-Mariano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0339-5610)
- Yaneth Citlalli Orbe Orihuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-9019)
- Ricardo Castrejón-Salgado
- Ahideé Leyva-López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8413-0771)
- Ana Cristina Castañeda-Márquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6948-5892)
- María Alicia Mejía-Blanquel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9739-5473)
- Miguel Trujillo-Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4217-3017)
- Eunice Carolina Ibáñez-García
- Erick Ordoñez-Villordo
Institutions
- Mexican Social Security Institute (MX)
- Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (MX)
- National Institute of Genomic Medicine (MX)
- Universidad de Puebla (MX)
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (MX)
- Autonomous University of Durango (MX)
- Hospital Juárez de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiologia
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia6040086
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70