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Background Menarche is an expected event that occurs during the development of every normal young girl. We designed this study to evaluate the knowledge of young school girls on puberty, menarche, and menstruation, and to update data on the age at ...
Atem Bethel Ajong+4 more
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Menstrual cycle among adolescents: girls’ awareness and influence of age at menarche and overweight
Objective: To characterize the menstrual cycle (regularity and menstrual flow length), the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and self-monitoring of the cycle in students from Lisbon region, and explore the effect of chronological age, age at menarche and body ...
P. Marques, Tiago Madeira, A. Gama
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Long-Term Health Outcomes of Early Menarche in Women: An Umbrella Review.
BACKGROUND There is limited comprehensive evidence on the potential association between early menarche and subsequent health outcomes. AIM To evaluate the existing evidence for the association of early menarche with later health outcomes and assess the
Jeong-Seon Lee+5 more
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Evidence suggests that early menarche increases cardiometabolic risk, and adiposity would be a possible mediator of this association. We assessed the association between age at menarche and metabolic cardiovascular risk factors and estimated the indirect
S. Bubach+3 more
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Timing and determinants of age at menarche in low-income and middle-income countries
Introduction Understanding the timing and determinants of age at menarche is key to determining potential linkages between onset of puberty and health outcomes from a life-course perspective.
Tiziana Leone, L. Brown
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Menarche is the first occurrence of a woman’s menstruation, an event that symbolizes reproductive capacity and the transition from childhood into womanhood. The global average age for menarche is 12 years and this has been declining in recent years. Many
S. Canelón, M. Boland
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STUDY QUESTION Have mean age at menarche or mean age at natural menopause changed from the 1939 birth cohort to the 1964 birth cohort? SUMMARY ANSWER We estimated a minor decrease in mean age at menarche and an increase by nearly 3 years in mean age at ...
M. S. Gottschalk+5 more
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Designing with Intimate Materials and Movements: Making "Menarche Bits"
Menarche is the first occurrence of menstrual bleeding and it usually begins between the ages of 9-15. This makes menarche a crucial transition among other social, physiological and behavioural changes during puberty.
M. Søndergaard+4 more
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The effect of early menarche on the sexual behaviors of Korean female adolescents [PDF]
PurposeThis study examined the relationships between early menarche and sexual behaviors among Korean female adolescents.MethodsWe analyzed data from the eighth Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based survey that was conducted on female high school students ...
Ji In Cheong+6 more
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Hubungan Indeks Masa Tubuh dengan Usia Menarche di SDN 44 Kota Bima
Pendahuluan: Umur menarche pada remaja rata-rata telah berkurang dari 12,4 tahun menjadi11,8 tahun. Salah satu faktor penyebab yaitu faktor gizi yang bisa dinilai dari Indeks Massa Tubuh (IMT). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan IMT
Maya Febriyanti
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