ArticleJournal of physiological anthropology2020
Early age at menarche and its associated factors in school girls (age, 10 to 12 years) in Bangladesh: a cross-section survey in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh.
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- Age at menarche in South Asia: an interplay of sociodemographic, nutritional, lifestyle, anthropometric, biological, and environmental factors-a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Mendelian randomization study and meta-analysis exploring the causality of age at menarche and the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2023Pooled it
- Investigating the psychometric properties of the Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool (PSST) among Bangladeshi adolescent girls.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Early menarche and current nutritional status of the adolescents from a birth cohort.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2025Article
- Stress-induced menstrual disorders in adolescents during the Ukrainian war: cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Menarche among rural adolescent girls in Dervan (Data from the KONKAN region of the state of Maharashtra, India).Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly onset of menarche is one of the most important factors for breast cancer and other associated health hazards. The aim of this study was to investigate the early age at menarche and its associated factors in school girls (age, 10-12 years) in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh.
methodsData was collected from Rajshahi District, Bangladesh, using multistage random sampling. Independent sample t test and binary logistic regression model were used in this study. A total number of 386 school girls aged 10-12 years were considered as a sample for this study.
resultsThis study revealed that more than 48% girls already attained menarche within the age of 12 years, among them 25.6%, 41.0%, and 58.3% girls experienced menarche at the age of 10, 11, and 12 years, respectively. It was observed that the menarcheal girls were significantly taller (p < 0.01) and heavier (p < 0.01) than non-menarcheal girls. The menarcheal girls' mothers were heavier (p < 0.01), shorter (p < 0.01), had more BMI (p < 0.01), reached menarche (p < 0.05) earlier than non-menarcheal girls' mothers. Menarcheal girls had less number of siblings (p < 0.01) and lower order of birth (p < 0.05) than non-menarcheal girls. After controlling the effect of other factors, multiple logistic regression model demonstrated that obese girls were more likely to attain menarche than under- [AOR = 0.279, CI 95% 0.075-0.986; p < 0.05] and normal [AOR = 0.248, CI 95% 0.082-0.755; p < 0.05] weight girls. Urban school girls had more chance to get menarche than rural school girls at same age (AOR = 0.012, 95% CI 0.003-0.047; p < 0.01).
conclusionsTherefore, modern lifestyle changes may have the important factors for early age at menarche of the studied girls in Bangladesh.
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