Menarche is a sign of physical maturity and fertility. The preparation has an impact on the menarche experience in adolescents. seen as transitional period associated with religious socio-cultural significance. purpose this review to describe This uses arksey O'Malley framework 5 stages namely: identifying questions, relevant articles, selecting mapping charting data, compiling, summarizing cre...

three generations of women (3570 daughters, 1148 mothers and 131 grandmothers) from tehran, iran have been studied for menarcheal age. the results show that the age of onset of menarche has decreased in the present generation- 13.599, compared to 13.690 and 13.870 years, amount their mothers and grandmothers, respectively. these results, when compared with results obtained concerning the other ...

Absence of the biological father in early childhood has been linked to depressive symptoms in mid-adolescent girls. Earlier studies have linked father absence to early timing of menarche, and early menarche is a risk factor for increased depressive symptoms in adolescence. No studies, however, have examined whether the association between father absence and depressive symptoms may be explained ...

Age at menarche has been shown to be an important indicator for diseases such as breast cancer and ischaemic heart disease. The aim of the present study was to document secular trends in age at menarche and their association with anthropometric measures and socio-demographic factors in university students in Bangladesh. Data were collected from 995 students from Rajshahi University using a stra...

OBJECTIVES Ascertaining the age when the menarche occurs in school girls living in Angra dos Reis/RJ and the pattern of physical qualities in periods during puberty using the menarche as the benchmark for sexual maturation. METHODS The sample consisted of 232 10-to 16-year-old girls, divided into four groups according to sexual maturation. Following an interview during which the onset of the ...

Menarche is the first menstruation that occurs in young women. The normal age 12-14 years, but now there’s a tendency to decrease younger age. purpose of this study was analyze correlation heredity and mass media exposure factors with incidence early menarche adolescent girls at SMPN 56 Surabaya. used an observational analytic design cross-sectional approach. sample research 7th-8th grade Surab...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that early menarche is positively associated with adiposity in adulthood. However, it is important to assess whether this association is due to early menarche or to the association of adiposity in late childhood with age at menarche. We evaluated the association between age at menarche and body composition in adolescence and adulthood, among subjects who have been p...

Age at menarche is associated with anthropometry in adolescence. Recently, there has been growing support for the hypothesis that timing of menarche may be set early in life but modified by changes in body size and composition in childhood. To evaluate this, a cohort of 255 girls aged <5 years recruited in 1988 were followed up in 2001 in Matlab, Bangladesh. The analysis was based on nutritiona...

Background Premature adrenarche (PA) has been linked to early thelarche and menarche, but longitudinal data on growth and pubertal development after PA are insufficient. Methods Growth and pubertal development of mostly full-term and appropriate for gestational age-born 43 PA (36 girls) and 63 control children (52 girls) were analyzed prospectively. Children examined first at the mean age of ...

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing rates of childhood obesity and rapid change in socio-economic status, the mean age at menarche remains mostly unknown among contemporary girls in Kuwait and other countries in the Gulf region. This study aimed to estimate the mean age at menarche among schoolgirls in Kuwait and investigate the association between age at menarche and obesity. METHODS A cross-s...