• Age at menarche, the onset of first menstruation in females, indicates the start of reproductive maturity and is a commonly reported marker of pubertal timing. (nature.com)
  • We demonstrated a clear secular tendency towards an earlier onset of menarche by comparing our results (11.9 ± 0.04) with data from 1985 (12.8 ± 1.3) for adolescents from the same city. (scirp.org)
  • After considering these international findings, we decided to investigate the age at menarche, pubarche and telarche in a representative sample of Mexican girls and to analyze these data in conjunction with anthropometrical variables, age at menarche of mothers and sisters, regular exercise, emotional stress, and other factors to ascertain if any of them are predictors of the age of the onset of puberty. (scirp.org)
  • While female gymnasts may rank in higher percentiles for BMD when compared to general population norms (NHANES), the potential negative impact of late onset menarche on bone health requires further development of athlete specific BMD norms. (wku.edu)
  • Father absence and the introduction of a stepfather before menarche have been shown to contribute to the early onset of menarche. (etsu.edu)
  • The present study analyzes the effects of father absence situations that tend to result on the onset of menarche. (etsu.edu)
  • The onset of menarche is influenced by various factors, including genetic, morphological and socioeconomic factors. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • Many women report cyclic exacerbations of seizures, and patients with childhood-onset epilepsy may note that seizures that occurred sporadically before menarche become somewhat more predictable after puberty. (medscape.com)
  • For women, this is especially significant as a view of life history, because cementum may reflect the approximate time of events like menarche, menopause, and parturition (the time that a mother gives birth). (johnhawks.net)
  • The researchers looked at the cementum and tried to predict the timing of significant life events including menarche, parturition, significant illnesses, and menopause. (johnhawks.net)
  • FFMI: 18.3±1.2 kg/m 2 ) participated in a survey (North American Menopause Society Validated Questionnaire) to assess age of menarche and a whole body DXA scan (GE Lunar iDXA) to measure BMD and LM. (wku.edu)
  • The frequency distributions for age at menarche and for age at menopause are given for 324 women whose menstrual histories have been recorded from their university student days ( 1934-38) until natural menopause terminated their potential for reproduction. (wayne.edu)
  • Age at menarche is not correlated with age at menopause. (wayne.edu)
  • A mean age at menarche of 13.6 years, and at menopause of 49.5 years, gives an average length of menstrual life of 35.9 years for the cases studied. (wayne.edu)
  • Variation in age at menopause is shown to be 2.2 times that of age at menarche. (wayne.edu)
  • Maximum reproduction potential, attainable only in theory by assuming all menstrual cycles produce ova of undiminished capacity to become fertilised, can be defined by combining the cumulative frequency curve for age at menarche with the inverse of that for age at menopause. (wayne.edu)
  • Associations between season of birth and age both at menarche and at menopause]. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Objective: To examine the associations between season of birth and factors as age at menarche, age at menopause and reproductive span. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Multiple linear regression models were used to assess the associations of birth season and the age at menarche, menopause, and reproductive span. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Multivariable-adjusted coefficients (95% CI) appeared as 0.14 (95% CI: 0.13-0.16), 0.26(95% CI: 0.24-0.27), 0.10 (95% CI: 0.08-0.12) for age at menarche respectively and 0.14 (95%CI: 0.08-0.20), 0.18 (95%CI: 0.12-0.24), 0.09 (95%CI: 0.03-0.16) for age at menopause respectively. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Conclusions: female born in spring showed both earlier age on both menarche and menopause, compared to the ones born in other seasons. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Simpulan : Ada hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan tentang menstruasi dengan kecemasan menghadapi menarche pada siswi kelas V SD Muhammadiyah Wirobrajan 3 Yogyakarta. (unisayogya.ac.id)
  • A study of girls in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2011 found the median age at menarche to be 12.7 years. (wikipedia.org)
  • Objective - The purpose of this study was to determine median age at menarche in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H) and to estimate the distribution of age at menarche for FB&H girls. (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • Probit analysis was used to estimate median age at menarche and 95% confidence intervals. (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • Results - The median age at menarche for all FBiH girls is 13.02 years (12.99-13.05, 95% CI). (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • The median age at menarche throughout FB&H varied in a range of only six months, from 12.85 in Canton Sarajevo to 13.34 in Canton West Herzegovina. (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • The worldwide average age of menarche is very difficult to estimate accurately, and it varies significantly by geographical region, race, ethnicity and other characteristics, and occurs mostly during a span of ages from 8 to 16, with a small percentage of girls having menarche by age 10, and the vast majority having it by the time they were 14. (wikipedia.org)
  • When menarche occurs, it confirms that the girl has had a gradual estrogen-induced growth of the uterus, especially the endometrium, and that the "outflow tract" from the uterus, through the cervix to the vagina, is open. (wikipedia.org)
  • Modern science depicts that the menarche occurs between 11-15 years with a mean of 13 years. (mydreamchild.com)
  • The emerge of menarche occurs suddenly and can not predict precisely that's why women always memorize that event. (ums.ac.id)
  • Conclusions Although previous studies suggest that girls with early menarche suffer from increased risk of adolescent depressive disorder this does not appear to persist into young adulthood. (researchassistantresume.com)
  • Berkey CS, Gardner JD, Frazier AL, Colditz GA. Relation of childhood diet and body size to menarche and adolescent growth in girls. (jclmm.com)
  • Age at menarche and its relationship to body mass index among adolescent girls in Kuwait. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • The predictors of bone status among adolescent boys were age, body mass index (BMI), height attained (z-score) and maternal T-score and for girls were BMI, age at menarche, paternal T-score and z-score. (who.int)
  • Although unlikely, it is possible for a girl who has engaged in sexual intercourse shortly before her menarche to conceive and become pregnant, which would delay her menarche until after the end of the pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Breast tissue is particularly susceptible to carcinogens between menarche and first full-term pregnancy. (wustl.edu)
  • The association between drinking before first pregnancy and breast neoplasia appeared to be stronger with longer menarche to first pregnancy intervals. (wustl.edu)
  • Udry JR. Age at menarche, at first intercourse, and at first pregnancy. (jclmm.com)
  • Objective: To investigate the age at menarche, pubarche and telarche in a representative sample of residents of an urban zone of Leon, Guanajuato, Central Mexico and to evaluate the secular change of the age at menarche between 1985 and 2000. (scirp.org)
  • Early menarche was associated with a tendency towards central adiposity and thus, increased risk of abdominal obesity. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • Effects of a school-based obesity-prevention intervention on menarche (United States). (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • Early menarche was associated with a high risk of diabetes, obesity , and high WHR. (bvsalud.org)
  • On the other hand , late menarche was associated with higher rates of hypertension , stroke , and diabetes but a lower risk of MM, rheumatoid disease , obesity, abdominal obesity , and WHtR. (bvsalud.org)
  • Girls experience menarche at different ages. (wikipedia.org)
  • Canadian psychological researcher Niva Piran claims that menarche or the perceived average age of puberty is used in many cultures to separate girls from activity with boys, and to begin transition into womanhood. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] In most girls, menarche does not mean that ovulation has occurred. (wikipedia.org)
  • In postmenarchal girls, about 80% of the cycles were anovulatory in the first year after menarche, 50% in the third and 10% in the sixth year. (wikipedia.org)
  • A direct correlation was found between the age of menarche of adolescents and that of their mother ( p p p = 0.001), but an indirect correlation was found with the girls' hip circumference ( p = 0.004). (scirp.org)
  • Age at menarche and racial comparisons in US girls. (jclmm.com)
  • Girls from three Cantons - Canton Sarajevo, Posavina and Una Sana reached menarche significantly earlier than those from other Cantons. (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • Purpose We investigated whether girls experiencing early menarche have an increased risk of depressive disorder during young adulthood. (researchassistantresume.com)
  • 2009). Therefore in the present study we prospectively investigated the association between early and late menarche and risk of depressive disorder during early adulthood in a large cohort of U.S. girls followed through 25 years of age and assessed with a standard depressive disorder measure for population based studies. (researchassistantresume.com)
  • 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. (ac.ir)
  • The effect of Ramadan fasting on thyroid hormones in 9‐13 years old pre‐menarche girls. (ac.ir)
  • Age at menarche and secular trend in Maharashtrian (Indian) girls. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • Age at menarche in Indonesian girls: a national survey. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • Latar Belakang : Awal dari kematangan pada anak perempuan biasanya ditandai dengan mulainya menstruasi pertama (menarche). (unisayogya.ac.id)
  • Hasil statistik menunjukkan ada hubungan pengetahuan tentang menstruasi dengan kecemasan mengahadapi menarche pada siswi kelas V SD Muhammadiyah Wirobrajan 3 Yogyakarta. (unisayogya.ac.id)
  • Menstruasi pertama kali atau menarche adalah hal wajar yang pasti dialami oleh setiap wanita dan tidak perlu digelisahkan. (unisayogya.ac.id)
  • Like other menses, menarche may be accompanied by abdominal cramping. (wikipedia.org)
  • At the end of the study we found that the early menarche is associated with high fertility as suggested by lesser gynaecological age before conception. (jclmm.com)
  • Why should we be concerned about early menarche? (jclmm.com)
  • Studies investigating the association of early menarche and depressive disorder post-puberty have yielded mixed findings (Boden et al. (researchassistantresume.com)
  • Height and weight change across menarche of schoolgirls with early menarche. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • Is early age at menarche associated with multimorbidity? (bvsalud.org)
  • Factors predisposing individuals to early menarche and its consequences should be considered in chronic disease prevention strategies for adolescents and young adults . (bvsalud.org)
  • menarche as a discrete event is thought to be the relatively chance result of the gradual thickening of the endometrium induced by rising but fluctuating pubertal estrogen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Having menarche occur between the ages of 9-14 in the West is considered normal. (wikipedia.org)
  • Menarche does not occur till the age of 16, which should be paid attention. (wmedicine.com)
  • At menarche, pituitary gonadotropins (FSH and LH) and ovarian steroids (estrogen and progesterone) increase in overall concentration. (medscape.com)
  • Age at menarche is well known to show secular change. (wayne.edu)
  • Pursettes menstrual tampon, puberty & menarche booklet, late 1950s? (mum.org)
  • 0.05) and abdominal adiposity (as represented by skinfold thicknesses and values of studied indicators), compared to those with late or average age at menarche. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • In southern India, menarche is a time for great rejoicing with gifts, new clothing, ceremonial baths, and feasting. (mydreamchild.com)
  • Future research should explore the association between the age at menarche and metabolic characteristics in ethnically diverse populations. (human-biology-and-public-health.org)
  • The timing of menarche is influenced by female biology, as well as genetic and environmental factors, especially nutritional factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • The mean age of menarche has declined over the last century, but the magnitude of the decline and the factors responsible remain subjects of contention. (wikipedia.org)
  • Multiple regression analysis and logistic regression were used to determine factors that were related to or predictive of age at menarche. (scirp.org)
  • In particular, like most GWAS for other complex traits, previous GWAS for age at menarche provided poor coverage for low-frequency variants and omitted sex chromosome data. (nature.com)
  • We identify several new associations between rare protein-coding and X-linked variants with age at menarche in women of European ancestry. (nature.com)
  • RÉSUMÉ Les connaissances sont rares en matière d'acquisition de la masse osseuse chez les adolescents souffrant d'un retard de croissance et n'ayant pas atteint leur taille cible. (who.int)
  • Methods: A total of 285 186 female from the China Kadoorie Biobank, with complete data on critical variables and had menarche at 9-18 years old, were included. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The purpose of this study was to characterize and evaluate the relationship between age of menarche, BMD, and fat free mass index (FFMI), in Division I collegiate female gymnasts. (wku.edu)
  • Outcome of Isolated Premature Menarche: A Retrospective and Follow-Up Study. (nih.gov)
  • This study was conducted in Dhiraj hospital to ascertain the relationship between the age of menarche, age of coitarche and age of first conception. (jclmm.com)
  • Conclusion - This study enabled the FB&H and each Canton to have standards of age at menarche expressed in percentiles. (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • Keywords: depressive disorder Growing Up Today Study menarche KPT185 puberty Introduction Depression is the leading cause of years lost to disability in women (IHME 2010). (researchassistantresume.com)
  • This study aimed to assess the association of age at menarche (AAM) with multimorbidity and chronic diseases . (bvsalud.org)
  • RHD018: estimated age in months at time of menarche was calculated from date of birth (month and year) and reported age and month at first menarche. (cdc.gov)
  • For those who reported month of menarche in their birth month, it was not possible to discern which year of age menarche occurred. (cdc.gov)
  • A frequently reported mutation in TACR3 for idiopathic hypogonatrophic hypogonadism (p.W275X) is associated with 1.25-year-later menarche ( P =2.8 × 10 −11 ), illustrating the utility of population studies to estimate the penetrance of reportedly pathogenic mutations. (nature.com)
  • Results showed that menarche become important transition event in female life cycle. (ums.ac.id)
  • Results indicted a significant difference in menarcheal age between those from homes where both biological parents were present and those where the biological father was absent before menarche. (etsu.edu)
  • As no previous information was available about the age at menarche in FB&H, the present results will afford a basis for future studies which should aim at analysing the trend and tempo of secular changes in age at menarche. (cejpaediatrics.com)
  • The average age of menarche was about 12.7 years in Canada at 2001. (wikipedia.org)
  • Data accumulating within this research program suggests that average age at menarche in the USA may have begun an upswing in recent decades. (wayne.edu)
  • The girl who has reached menarche goes into seclusion, taking with her all her young friends and an older female relative who will teach them the arts and crafts of motherhood. (mydreamchild.com)
  • Conclusion: We demonstrated a clear reduction in age at menarche of approximately 0.75 year/decade, higher than Tanner's finding in 1962, but similar than that of Malina et al . (scirp.org)
  • A question used to calculate estimated time in months at menarche for youth 12-19 was added in 2017-2018. (cdc.gov)
  • 1% yielded no significant associations with age at menarche. (nature.com)
  • There was no significant relationship between FFMI and age of menarche (r=0.194 p=0.412). (wku.edu)
  • If a person does not get their first period within 5 years of breast development, doctors consider this delayed menarche. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Menarche begins with increases in ovarian hormones, the development of cyclic fluctuations, and an overall marked increase in pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). (medscape.com)
  • Other researchers have noted that if epilepsy presents within the year after menarche, it is common for seizures to maintain variability with cyclic hormone changes. (medscape.com)
  • Menarche is the culmination of a series of physiological and anatomic processes of puberty: Attainment of a sufficient body mass (typically 17% body fat). (wikipedia.org)
  • Identify one recent journal publication on menarche, menstrual hygiene, and menstrual health in your country. (gfmer.org)
  • Reviews have identified 25% of women had their first seizure in association with menarche. (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this research are to understand the meaning of menarche for women and find out the psychological experienced that along with it. (ums.ac.id)
  • Towards individuals whom this type of women youngsters needed for advice about menarche, the analysis showed that parents was primarily expected. (dvkinstruments.com)