PURPOSE Westernized eating habits have been associated with early-age menstruation, which increases the incidence of dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome among adolescent girls. We therefore surveyed changes in menarche timing and the general menstrual characteristics of adolescent girls in Seoul, Korea. METHODS We surveyed 538 teenage girls who visited our hospital between July and Novembe...

Iron nutritional status of adolescent girls belonging to an urban slum and rural areas was assessed by measuring serum ferritin levels. Overall anemia was observed in 25% of the girls irrespective of their urban rural residence. A higher percentage of rural girls (37.5%) especially below the age of 12 years showed evidence of anemia. Thereafter, the prevalence was similar in both urban and rura...

BACKGROUND Puberty is a transition period making physiological development a challenge adolescents have to face. Early pubertal development could be associated with higher risks of poor health. Our objective was to examine risk behaviours, physical and psychological determinants associated with early menarche (<11 years). METHODS Early menarche was assessed in the Health Behaviour in School-a...

abstract background: research shows that the age at menarche, as an essential element in the reproductive health of women, had been decreasing in the 19th and 20th centuries, and shows a huge variation across different countries. there are numerous studies performed in iran reporting a range of age at menarche. thus, this meta-analysis aimed to determine the overall mean age at menarche of the ...

Introduction: India has largest adolescent population in world, every month 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate. The onset of menstruation means new phase and vulnerabilities lives adolescents. Although is a natural process, it linked with several perceptions practices within community, which sometimes may result adverse health outcomes. SGD 6.2 acknowledges right to menstrual hygien...

PURPOSE Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) is known for improving final adult height in patients with central precocious puberty (CPP). This study aimed to investigate the age of menarche and near adult height in girls with CPP who had been treated with GnRHa. METHODS In this retrospective study, we reviewed the medical records of 71 Korean girls with CPP who had started menarche ...

OBJECTIVES Youth exercise is associated with improved body composition, but details regarding timing and persistence are limited. We examined pre- and circum-menarcheal organized physical activity exposure (PA) as a factor in development of early post-menarcheal lean mass, fat mass and muscle strength. METHODS Participants in a longitudinal study of musculoskeletal growth using dual energy X-...

BACKGROUND Menarcheal age is a sensitive indicator of environmental conditions during childhood. The aim of study is to determine the age at menarche and growth status in adolescents in a rural area of Tarka, Wannune, Nigeria. METHODS Data on 722 female students (aged 12-18 years) were collected in February 2009. Height and weight were measured. Body mass index (BMI; kg m-2) was used as an in...

OBJECTIVE Younger age at menarche (AAM) may put girls at risk for earlier first sexual intercourse (FSI). Young age at FSI has far-reaching negative outcomes. We describe the longitudinal relationship between AAM and FSI in a large prospective birth cohort. METHODS AAM was collected from 554 girls from the Western Australia (Raine) Pregnancy Cohort Study, prospectively from age 10 or retrospe...

UNLABELLED Malnutrition, delayed growth and puberty are commonly observed in children suffering from cystic fibrosis. The aim of this study was to assess the age of menarche in girls with CF using status quo analysis. The relationship between types of CFTR mutations and onset of the first menstruation was also evaluated. Material was based on somatic data gathered from medical history records o...