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Body size and the menarche: The Dunedin study

George, Ian M.St., Williams, Sheila, Silva, Phil A.·1994·Journal of Adolescent Health
DOI 10.1016/1054-139x(94)90141-o
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Purpose We wished to elucidate the relationships among body size variables and age of menarche for New Zealand girls.Methods Body size variables were measured repeatedly over eighteen years and age of menarche recorded for 415 girls enrolled in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study.Results Girls who were taller and heavier with a higher body mass index than their peers from 7 years of age reached menarche early: height was the most important determinant. Early maturing girls were overtaken in height by the later-maturing girls by fifteen but remained heavier even at eighteen. The daughters of tall mothers matured later. The mean weight at menarche was 41.4 kg, height 149.4 cm, body mass index 18.4, and age 12.9 years.Conclusions The daughters of short women matured early and continued growing heavier, but they stopped growing taller and were overtaken in height by the later-maturing daughters of tall women.

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  • Girls with early pubertal development, compared with later maturing peers, tend to have higher estradiol and lower SHBG that persist through 20-30 years, shorter adolescent subfertility, earlier first intercourse/pregnancy/childbirth, and heavier body fat in adolescence and early adulthood.

    “For example, girls who experience early pubertal development, compared with their later maturing peers, tend to have higher levels of serum estradiol and lower sex hormone binding globulin concentrations that persist through 20–30 years of age; have shorter periods of adolescent sub-fertility (the time between menarche and attainment of fertile menstrual cycles); experience earlier ages at first”

    From The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity (2011) · cites this paper as St. George et al., 1994

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Authors
George, I. M. S., Williams, S., & Silva, P. A.
Affiliations
University of Otago (NZ)
Corresponding author
George, Ian M.St.
ORCID
Williams, Sheila
Venue
Journal of Adolescent Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1994-11
Volume
15
Issue
7
Pages
573-576
ISSN
1054-139X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/1054-139x(94)90141-o
OpenAlex
W1990175520
Cited by
57
References
3
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI
0.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Risks and Factors
Keywords
age at menarche, body size, height, body mass index, early maturation, maternal height, adolescent girls, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Age Factors, Body Constitution, Body Height, Body Weight, Female, Humans, Menarche, Mothers, New Zealand, Body Mass Index, Proportional Hazards Models

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