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Evidence for a Secular Trend in Age of Menarche
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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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“Studies have shown a decrease in the average age of menarche between the mid-19th and the mid-20th centuries in the USA and in some countries in Europe.20”
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Metadata
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2110239433
- Cited by
- 448
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
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- 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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