2016
DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22205.8796
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Association of Age at Menarche with Anthropometric Measures in Punjabi Bania Girls

Abstract: Introduction: Menarcheal age is the age at which menstruation begins. Menarcheal age is regarded as a sensitive indicator of physical, biological and psychological environment.Aim: 1) To determine the menarcheal age and to examine the relationship between current age at menarche with anthropometric measures in Punjabi bania girls. 2) To develop maturity standards for Bania girls. Materials and Methods:The present cross-sectional survey was carried out on 200 bania girls at the age of onset of menarche. Menarch… Show more

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“…Even the menarcheal age can vary within the same country, as shown in a study conducted in the US, where girls belonging to different races living in the US experienced variable mean menarcheal ages (Anderson & Must, 2005). Several factors influence age at menarche such as the menarcheal age of the mother (Ersoy, Balkan, Gunay, & Egemen, 2005; Tehrani, Mirmiran, Zahedi‐Asl, Nakhoda, & Azizi, 2010), socio‐economic status (James‐Todd, Tehranifar, Rich‐Edwards, Titievsky, & Terry, 2010; Khalid et al, 2015; Moodie et al, 2020), exposure to media (Latifah, Murti, & Dewi, 2017), environmental factors, educational level (Nwankwo, Danborno, & Oliver, 2017), nutritional status (Mpora et al, 2014), anthropometry (Goyal, Singh, & Sethi, 2016), family size, etc. The age at puberty in girls in industrialized countries appears to have gradually decreased from 16 to 17 years of age in the middle of the 19th century to 12–13 years in the late 20th century (Parent et al, 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even the menarcheal age can vary within the same country, as shown in a study conducted in the US, where girls belonging to different races living in the US experienced variable mean menarcheal ages (Anderson & Must, 2005). Several factors influence age at menarche such as the menarcheal age of the mother (Ersoy, Balkan, Gunay, & Egemen, 2005; Tehrani, Mirmiran, Zahedi‐Asl, Nakhoda, & Azizi, 2010), socio‐economic status (James‐Todd, Tehranifar, Rich‐Edwards, Titievsky, & Terry, 2010; Khalid et al, 2015; Moodie et al, 2020), exposure to media (Latifah, Murti, & Dewi, 2017), environmental factors, educational level (Nwankwo, Danborno, & Oliver, 2017), nutritional status (Mpora et al, 2014), anthropometry (Goyal, Singh, & Sethi, 2016), family size, etc. The age at puberty in girls in industrialized countries appears to have gradually decreased from 16 to 17 years of age in the middle of the 19th century to 12–13 years in the late 20th century (Parent et al, 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The occurrence of obesity in childhood increases the likelihood of early menarche (Ahmed, Ong, & Dunger, 2009;Benedet, da Silva Lopes, Adami, & de Fragas Hinnig, 2014;Castilho & Nucci, 2015;Dunger, Ahmed, & Ong, 2006;Juul, Chang, Brar, & Parekh, 2017). It was also found that childhood BMI is negatively correlated with the age at the first menstruation (Bratke et al, 2017;Goyal, Singh, & Sethi, 2016) and a similar correlation can be seen in adulthood (Bubach et al, 2016;Canoy et al, 2015;Okasha, McCarron, McEwen, & Smith, 2001;Pierce & Leon, 2005;Prentice & Viner, 2013;Yang et al, 2017). Some researchers consider that the association between age at menarche and BMI in adulthood is strongly associated with childhood BMI (Bell et al, 2018;Bubach et al, 2016;Kivimäki et al, 2008), whereas others state that increased adult BMI is indeed a consequence of early menarche (Kaplowitz, 2008;Prentice & Viner, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The first signs of sexual difference in pelvic breadth start to manifest with the onset of puberty in girls (Goyal, 2016). One of the discussed factors is the stimulatory effect of female sex hormones on the growth plates present in the pelvis (Huseynov et al, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%