Age at menarche and its socioeconomic determinants among female students in an urban area in Bangladesh

Islam, Md. Serajul; Hussain, Md. Altaf; Islam, Saimul; Mahumud, Rashidul Alam; Biswas, Tuhin und Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful (2017): Age at menarche and its socioeconomic determinants among female students in an urban area in Bangladesh. In: Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Bd. 12: S. 88-92

Abstract

This 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.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1877-5756
• Sprache: Englisch