Menarcheal age was studied in 900 girls, half of which were from middle class families and the other half from low income class families from the Niger delta region of Nigeria. A retrospective and descriptive random sampling study was conducted through the use of questionnaires. Social class was based on parental occupation. The mean age at menarche for girls from middle class families was 12.22 ± 1.19 years while that for girls from low income families was 13.01 ± 1.44 years. Most of the children from the middle class families attained menarche at the ages of 12 and 13 while those from the low income families attained menarche at the ages of 12, 13 and 14 years.: The age at menarche of girls from middle class families was significantly low...
Background: Menarche signals reproductive maturity and the earlier the menarche, the earlier the ini...
To determine the age and other characteristic of menarche among school children in south Eastern Nig...
The current study was designed to determine the age at which menarche occurs among school girls in M...
Background: Several studies suggest that menarche tends to appear earlier in life as sanitary, nutri...
The menarchial age of 859 secondary school girls consisting of 508 from urban and 351 from rural are...
Background: The major landmark for puberty in females is menarche. There seem to be change in the ag...
Background: Menarche is a significant indicator of maturity and puberty in adolescent girls. There h...
Background: Menarche is an important physiological milestone in girls and this usually occurs during...
Different menarcheal ages have been reported in Nigeria. This work estimated the mean of age at men...
Context: A secular trend of progressively earlier attainment of menarche has been described in vario...
Background/Objectives: Menarche, the first menstrual period, is influenced by many factors including...
Context: Age at menarche has been trending downwards in most communities and this period often coinc...
Age at menarche was investigated using data collected from demographic surveys (WFS, DHS) conductedi...
The goal of this study is to determine the age at menarche of girls from Tanzania examined in 2005 c...
Abstract Background Menarcheal age is a sensitive indicator of environmental conditions during child...
Background: Menarche signals reproductive maturity and the earlier the menarche, the earlier the ini...
To determine the age and other characteristic of menarche among school children in south Eastern Nig...
The current study was designed to determine the age at which menarche occurs among school girls in M...
Background: Several studies suggest that menarche tends to appear earlier in life as sanitary, nutri...
The menarchial age of 859 secondary school girls consisting of 508 from urban and 351 from rural are...
Background: The major landmark for puberty in females is menarche. There seem to be change in the ag...
Background: Menarche is a significant indicator of maturity and puberty in adolescent girls. There h...
Background: Menarche is an important physiological milestone in girls and this usually occurs during...
Different menarcheal ages have been reported in Nigeria. This work estimated the mean of age at men...
Context: A secular trend of progressively earlier attainment of menarche has been described in vario...
Background/Objectives: Menarche, the first menstrual period, is influenced by many factors including...
Context: Age at menarche has been trending downwards in most communities and this period often coinc...
Age at menarche was investigated using data collected from demographic surveys (WFS, DHS) conductedi...
The goal of this study is to determine the age at menarche of girls from Tanzania examined in 2005 c...
Abstract Background Menarcheal age is a sensitive indicator of environmental conditions during child...
Background: Menarche signals reproductive maturity and the earlier the menarche, the earlier the ini...
To determine the age and other characteristic of menarche among school children in south Eastern Nig...
The current study was designed to determine the age at which menarche occurs among school girls in M...