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Age at menarche and its socioeconomic determinants among female students in an urban area in Bangladesh
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posted on 2017-06-01, 00:00 authored by M S Islam, M A Hussain, S Islam, R A Mahumud, T Biswas, Shariful IslamShariful IslamThis cross-sectional study aimed to determine the age at menarche and its socioeconomic determinants among urban female students (n = 680) in Bangladesh. The mean age of the respondents was 14 ± 1.43 years. Majority of the respondents were unmarried (98.4%). The mean age at menarche was 11.6 ± 3.6 years, median 12 years. Almost one-third (35.7%) of the participants had menarche at the age of 12 years. There was no statistically significant difference between age at menarche before and after 12 years with the socio-economic characteristics, except education (p = <0.001). In the multivariate model, only higher education was statistically significant predictor of age at menarche.
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Sexual and reproductive healthcareVolume
12Pagination
88 - 92Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1877-5756Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017, Elsevier B.V.Usage metrics
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