Age at menarche and prevention of hypertension through lifestyle in young Chinese adult women: result from project ELEFANT

Early and late age at menarche are associated with risk of hypertension, but little is known whether modifiable lifestyle can reduce this risk. Our study leverages 60,135 healthy young Chinese women from the Environmental and LifEstyle FActors iN metabolic health throughout life-course Trajectories (ELEFANT) study. Menarche age and lifestyle factors were assessed by self-reported questionnaires and hypertension was diagnosed by physicians. We...