17-b-Estradiol in relation to age at menarche and adult obesity in premenopausal women

A. Emaus1,10, S. Espetvedt1, M.B. Veierød2, R. Ballard-Barbash3, A.-S. Furberg4,5, P.T. Ellison6, G. Jasienska7, A. Hjartåker8 and I. Thune1,9 Department of Oncology, Ullevål University Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway; Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344, USA; NORM Surveillance Program for Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Pathogens, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway; Institute of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway; Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland; Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway; The Research Council of Norway, PO Box 2700, St Hanshaugen, N-0131 Oslo, Norway