The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of Ramadan fasting on the level of sex hormones in girls between 9-13 years before age at menarche.This study was conducted on a sample of 58 subjects (age range: 9-13 years), who were divided intotwo groups of fasting (N=31) and non-fasting (N=27). The levels of follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), progesterone and estradi...

The researchers express their attitude concerning a chapter in the book by Victor Preedy entitled 'Handbook of Anthropometry: Physical Measures of Human Form and Disease' written by Polish researchers, anthropologists concerning the age at menarche in Polish girls after World War II. The authors question the arguments explaining the phenomenon of acceleration of pubertal timing in girls in rece...

Height and weight at menarche were found for each subject in three longitudinal growth studies. Early and late maturing girls have menarche at the same mean weight, but late maturers are taller at menarche. Two other major events of adolescence, initiation of the weight growth spurt and maximum rate of weight gain, also occur at an invariant mean weight. The hypothesis is proposed that a critic...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of menarche before 11 years of age on the incidence of wheezing/asthma in girls 11 to 18 years of age. METHODS The study sample comprised 1,350 girls from a birth cohort that started in 1993 in the urban area of the city of Pelotas, southern Brazil; this cohort was followed until 18 years of age. We assessed wheezing by the question, "Have you ever had wheezin...

background: menarche, a milestone in the reproductive life span of a woman, is influenced by several genetics and environmental factors. there is no consensus regarding the impact of body mass index (bmi) and lipid profiles on the age of menarche, as the results of various studies demonstrate. objective: to investigate the correlation between age of menarche and bmi/lipoprotein profile in a com...

OBJECTIVE Puberty is a critical time between childhood and adulthood. Many studies have reported that the mean age of breast development is decreasing. The aim of this study was to provide updated data on the pubertal development of girls and to evaluate precocious puberty in our population. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in 6 to 16 year old school girls during 2009-2010 in ...

The present study was initiated to derive an indirect method for estimating body fat mass (BFM) and to evaluate the correlation between indirect anthropometric techniques for this estimation and to examine the relation of these parameters and of IQ to age of menarche. A total of 578 adolescent girls of ten junior high schools in five educational districts of Mashhad, participated in a cros...

The present study was carried out to explore the mean age at menarche of school going girls of Western Nepal, Pokhara and to determine the factors influencing age at menarche. The data was collected from five schools located within the Pokhara Valley of Western Nepal. Only the students who had experienced menarche were included in the study. Verbal consent was obtained after explaining the obje...

STUDI FENOMENOLOGI: PERUBAHAN SEBELUM DAN SETELAH MENARCHE YANG DIALAMI OLEH ANAK PEREMPUAN USIA SEKOLAH DI KOTA PONTIANAK [A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY: CHANGE AFTER EXPERIENCED BY SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS IN CITY]

The first menstrual bleeding is known as Menarche. It marks the beginning of the reproductive phase in a woman's life. It serves as an intermediate health outcome that affects the women's wellbeing at later stages of life. It is also considered as an indicator of quality of life. This study was a cross sectional retrospective (i.e. recall) study carried out in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh India. Mu...