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Christel M Portengen1, Tristin Smith2, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez1,2
1Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
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Females who experience menarche early have elevated risk for dysmenorrhea; yet, other puberty features precede menarche. Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study®, pubertal timing was estimated via random effects linear growth curves of pubertal status indicators excluding menarche for postmenarcheal females with no (n = 1083), mild (n = 1239), or severe (n = 266) dysmenorrhea. Early pubertal timing increased odds for dysmenorrhea by 22-31%, making it a novel marker for dysmenorrhea risk.
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