Age at menarche in Canada: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children & Youth

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Al Sahab, Ban ^a   Ardern, Chris I ^a   Hamadeh, Mazen J ^a   Tamim, Hala ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 78649329495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-736     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Age at menarche: Influences of prenatal and postnatal growth. DM Sloboda R Hart DA Doherty CE Pennell M Hickey, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 92 46 50 10.1210/jc.2006-1378 17062767
2. International variability of ages at menarche and menopause: Patterns and main determinants. F Thomas F Renaud E Benefice T de Meeus JF Guegan, Hum Biol 2001 73 271 290 10.1353/hub.2001.0029 11446429
3. Size at birth predicts age at menarche. LS Adair, Pediatrics 2001 107 59 10.1542/peds.107.4.e59 11335780
4. Opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal growth on the timing of menarche. CS Tam F de Zegher SP Garnett LA Baur CT Cowell, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 91 4369 4373 10.1210/jc.2006-0953 16926251
5. The role of reproductive factors and use of oral contraceptives in the aetiology of breast cancer in women aged 50 to 74 years. CM Magnusson IR Persson JA Baron A Ekbom R Bergstrom HO Adami, Int J Cancer 1999 80 231 236 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990118)80:2<231::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-R 9935204
6. Age at menarche, time to regular cycling, and breast cancer (North Carolina, United States). B Rockhill PG Moorman B Newman, Cancer Causes Control 1998 9 447 453 10.1023/A:1008832004211 9794178
7. Longitudinal changes in risk variables underlying metabolic syndrome X from childhood to young adulthood in female subjects with a history of early menarche: The Bogalusa heart study. MG Frontini SR Srinivasan GS Berenson, Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2003 27 1398 1404 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802422 14574352
8. Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls. LS Adair P Gordon-Larsen, Am J Public Health 2001 91 642 644 10.2105/AJPH.91.4.642 11291382
9. Secular trend of earlier onset of menarche with increasing obesity in black and white girls: The Bogalusa heart study. WA Wattigney SR Srinivasan W Chen KJ Greenlund GS Berenson, Ethn Dis 1999 9 181 189 10421080
10. Correlates of first intercourse among women in Jamaica. G Wyatt RS Durvasula D Guthrie E LeFranc N Forge, Arch Sex Behav 1999 28 139 157 10.1023/A:1018767805871 10483507
11. Early menarche: A review of research on trends in timing, racial differences, etiology and psychosocial consequences. BR Posner, Sex Roles 2006 54 315 322 10.1007/s11199-006-9003-5 (Pubitemid 44702922)
12. Lessons from large population studies on timing and tempo of puberty (secular trends and relation to body size): The European trend. KK Ong ML Ahmed DB Dunger, Mol Cell Endocrinol 2006 254-255: 8 12 10.1016/j.mce.2006.04.018 16757103
13. Interpreting the continued decline in the average age at menarche: Results from two nationally representative surveys of U.S. girls studied 10 years apart. SE Anderson A Must, J Pediatr 2005 147 753 760 10.1016/j.jpeds. 2005.07.016 16356426
14. A cohort study of dietary fibre intake and menarche. MM Koo TE Rohan M Jain JR McLaughlin PN Corey, Public Health Nutr 2002 5 353 360 10.1079/PHN2002261 12020388
15. Diet and age at menarche. J Moisan F Meyer S Gingras, Cancer Causes Control 1990 1 149 154 10.1007/BF00053166 2102285
16. Leisure physical activity and age at menarche. J Moisan F Meyer S Gingras, Med Sci Sports Exerc 1991 23 1170 1175 1758293
17. Dietary and physical determinants of menarche. F Meyer J Moisan D Marcoux C Bouchard, Epidemiology 1990 1 377 381 10.1097/00001648-199009000-00007 2078613
18. A nested case-control study of the correlates of early menarche. J Moisan F Meyer S Gingras, Am J Epidemiol 1990 132 953 961 2239910
19. Age at menarche in French Canadian urban girls. M Jenicek A Demirjian, Ann Hum Biol 1974 1 339 346 10.1080/03014467400000361 4417950
20. Age at menarche in the Canadian population: Secular trends and relationship to adulthood BMI. MA Harris JC Prior M Koehoorn, J Adolesc Health 2008 43 548 554 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.07.017 19027642
21. Accuracy of short-term recall of age at menarche. MMRT Koo, Ann Hum Biol 1997 24 61 64 10.1080/03014469700004782 9022907
22. Statistics Canada: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). http://www.statcan.ca.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl? Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4450&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm= 8&dis=2
23. A nested case-control study of the correlates of early menarche. J Moisan F Meyer S Gingras, Am J Epidemiol 1990 132 953 961 2239910
24. Statistics Canada: Proportion of foreign-born population, by province and territory (1991 to 2001 Censuses). http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/ DEMO46A-eng.htm
25. Menstrual cycles: Fatness as a determinant of minimum weight for height necessary for their maintenance or onset. RE Frisch JW McArthur, Science 1974 185 949 951 10.1126/science.185.4155.949 4469672
26. Patterns and correlates of pubertal development in Canadian youth: Effects of family context. RG Arim JD Shapka VS Dahinten JD Willms, Can J Public Health 2007 98 91 96 17441529
27. Diet composition and obesity among Canadian adults. K Langlois D Garriguet L Findlay, Health Rep 2009 20 1 11
28. Overweight and obesity among children and youth. M Shields, Health Rep 2006 17 27 42 16981484
29. Menarche and father absence in a national probability sample. AF Bogaert, J Biosoc Sci 2008 40 623 636 10.1017/S0021932007002386 17761007
30. Age of menarche: The role of some psychosocial factors. SE Romans JM Martin K Gendall GP Herbison, Psychol Med 2003 33 933 939 10.1017/ S0033291703007530 12877408
31. Childhood experience, interpersonal development, and reproductive strategy: And evolutionary theory of socialization. J Belsky L Steinberg P Draper, Child Dev 1991 62 647 670 10.2307/1131166 1935336
32. Relative weight and race influence average age at menarche: Results from two nationally representative surveys of US girls studied 25 years apart. SE Anderson GE Dallal A Must, Pediatrics 2003 111 844 850 10.1542/peds.111.4.844 12671122
33. Evolution, development and timing of puberty. PD Gluckman MA Hanson, Trends Endocrinol Metab 2006 17 7 12 10.1016/j.tem.2005.11.006 16311040