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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
[Physical growth and menarche in Guatemalan adolescents]
1Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP), Guatemala.
Abstract:
The relationship between anthropometric measurements and age at menarche was studied in a group of Guatemalan adolescents, from urban and rural areas. The data indicate that median age at menarche is significantly higher in Indian adolescents living in rural areas than in non-Indian, the lowest age at menarche being that of adolescents living in urban areas. The age at menarche is positively associated with anthropometric measurements (weight, arm circumference and height) and body composition (body mass index), suggesting that both physical growth and sexual maturation are interacting processes of the same phenomenon known as the development age.
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