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Evidence for a Secular Trend in Age of Menarche

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Wyshak, Grace, Frisch, Rose E.·1982·New England Journal of Medicine

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WE present data documenting a secular trend toward an earlier age of menarche in Europe and the United States in the past century. There has been recent controversy on whether such a change has taken place.1 , 2 We have reviewed 218 reports on age of menarche in Europe from 1795 to 1981, covering 220,037 individuals.3 4 5 6 The historical European data are mainly from Backman's extensive collation.3 Figure 1 and Table 1 show that in Europe the age of menarche has become earlier by two to three months per decade in the past century and a half. The greatest rate of decline, 3.2 months per decade, has . . .

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Authors: Wyshak, G., & Frisch, R. E.
Venue: New England Journal of Medicine
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Published: 1982-04-29
Volume: 306
Issue: 17
Pages: 1033-1035
ISSN: 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejm198204293061707
OpenAlex: W2110239433
Cited by: 448
References: 16
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 19
FWCI: 5.48
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
nrs.harvard.edu
Licence: cc-by
Locations: New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
Keywords: age at menarche, secular trends, menarche timing, European women, American women, pubertal timing
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Age Factors, Altitude, Environment, Europe, Physical Exertion, Female, Growth, Humans, Menarche, Statistics as Topic, United States

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