Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Felix R. Day, Deborah J. Thompson, Hannes Helgason, Daniel I. Chasman, Hilary K. Finucane, Patrick Sulem, Katherine S. Ruth, Sean Whalen, Abhishek Sarkar, Eva Albrecht, Elisabeth Altmaier, Marzyeh Amini, Caterina Barbieri, Thibaud Boutin, Archie Campbell, Ellen W. Demerath, Ayush Giri, Chunyan He, Jouke‐Jan Hottenga, Robert Karlsson, Ivana Kolčić, Po−Ru Loh, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Massimo Mangino, Marco Brumat, George McMahon, Sarah E. Medland, Ilja M. Nolte, Raymond Noordam, Teresa Nutile, Lavinia Paternoster, Natalia Perjakova, Eleonora Porcu, Lynda M. Rose, Katharina E. Schraut, Ayellet V. Segrè, Albert V. Smith, Lisette Stolk, Alexander Teumer, Irene L. Andrulis, Stefania Bandinelli, Matthias W. Beckmann, Javier Benı́tez, Sven Bergmann, Murielle Bochud, Eric Boerwinkle, Stig E. Bojesen, Manjeet K. Bolla, Judith S. Brand, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, Linda Broer, Thomas Brüning, Julie E. Buring, Harry Campbell, Eulalia Catamo, Stephen J. Chanock, Georgia Chenevix‐Trench, Tanguy Corre, Fergus J. Couch, Diana L. Cousminer, Angela Cox, Laura Crisponi, Kamila Czene, George Davey Smith, Eco J. C. de Geus, Renée de Mutsert, Immaculata De Vivo, Joe Dennis, Peter Devilee, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, Alison M. Dunning, Johan G. Eriksson, Peter A. Fasching, Lindsay Fernández‐Rhodes, Luigi Ferrucci, Dieter Flesch‐Janys, Lude Franke, Marike Gabrielson, Ilaria Gandin, Graham G. Giles, Harald Grallert, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Pascal Guénel, Per Hall, Emily Hallberg, Ute Hamann, Tamara B. Harris, Catharina A. Hartman, Gerardo Heiss, Maartje J. Hooning, John L. Hopper, Frank B. Hu, David J. Hunter, M. Arfan Ikram, Hae Kyung Im, Paul M Ridker, Peter K. Joshi, David Karasik, Manolis Kellis (2017). Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk. , 49(6), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3841.