Association of Early Menarche with Adolescent Health in the Setting of Rapidly Decreasing Age at Menarche
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Age at Menarche and its Relationship to Anthropometric Indices in Adolescent Girls
Background Menarche is a substantial and important period in the health of adolescent girls’, and has a significant impact on their health in the upcoming years. Accordingly, in this study, we aimed to not only determine the average age of menarche among high school girls in Qom city, but also to examine the effect of some factors on onset age of menarche. Materials and Methods In this cross-se...
متن کاملAge at menarche in adolescent Khasi girls, Meghalaya.
The mean and median age at menarche in 360 Khasi girls was found to be 13.22 ± 0.88 and 12.13 ± 0.79 years, respectively; socio-economic status was observed to be a strong predictor of age at menarche in this population.
متن کاملAge at menarche, reactions to menarche and attitudes towards menstruation among Mexican adolescent girls.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships between menarcheal timing and both menarcheal experience and attitudes toward menstruation in Mexican girls. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTINGS Sample of adolescents attending 10 different public schools. PARTICIPANTS Mexican postmenarcheal adolescents, aged 11-16 years. INTERVENTION Participants answered 1 questionnaire about menarcheal e...
متن کاملERICA: age at menarche and its association with nutritional status.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the mean age at menarche and its association with nutritional status in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS The study sample included female adolescents aged 12-17 who participated in a multicenter, school-based, country-wide, cross-sectional study entitled The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (Estudo de Riscos Cardiovasculares em Adolescentes [ERICA]). Mean and me...
متن کاملNo association between age at menarche and sex of offspring.
Sir, We read with interest the article by Fukuda et al. (2011). The title ‘The sex ratio of offspring is associated with the mothers’ age at menarche’ suggests a direct connection between age at menarche and sex of offspring. We consider this interpretation a stretch of the presented data and want to comment on some issues in their study. Additionally, results from our substantially larger Dani...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1083-3188
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2019.12.006