Hypothesis of Menarche - Archives of Disease in Childhood
Hypothesis of Menarche - Archives of Disease in Childhood
Hypothesis of Menarche - Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Height and Weight at <strong>Menarche</strong> and a <strong>Hypothesis</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Menarche</strong> 699<br />
TABLE III<br />
Mean Height and Weight Ga<strong>in</strong>ed, and Mean Time Intervals from Age <strong>of</strong> Initiation <strong>of</strong> Height (age Hi) and<br />
Weight (age Wi) Spurts, Respectively to Age <strong>of</strong> <strong>Menarche</strong> (agemch) for CRC, BGS, and HSPH Girls Grouped<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Age <strong>of</strong> <strong>Menarche</strong><br />
Mean ± SE<br />
<strong>Menarche</strong>al Age Group No. -<br />
(yr) Hmch Less Hi Wmeb Less Wi Age Mch Less Age Mch Less<br />
(cm) (kg) Age Hi (yr) Age Wi (yr)<br />
Up to and <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g 11-9 31 21-6 ±097 16-8 i090 2-8 0-13 2-9 0-14<br />
12-0-12-9 55 21-3 0-79 17-6 0-78 3-1 0-12 3-3 0-11*<br />
13-0-13-9 52 22-8 i 0-63 16-7 ± 0-58 3-5 i 0-10t 3-4 + 0-13t<br />
14*0-14*9 31 21-1 ± 094 16-9 + 0-92 3*5 ± 0-14 3*7 + 0-18<br />
All subjects<br />
CRC 56 22-5 i 0-70 16-9 + 0-71 3-4 i 0-10 3-3 i 0-13<br />
BGS 61 22-3 0-72 17-5 0-68 3-3 0-11 3-4 0-11<br />
HSPH 52 20-7 ± 0-68 16-8 ± 0-65 3-1 ± 0-11 3-3 + 0-11<br />
*Difference from earliest group significant at P < 0-05.<br />
tDifference from earliest group significant at P
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