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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF AGE AT MENARCHE ON ADULT HEIGHT RELATIVE TO OTHER KNOWN FACTORS?
| Title: | WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF AGE AT MENARCHE ON ADULT HEIGHT RELATIVE TO OTHER KNOWN FACTORS?. |
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| Name(s): |
Kacerosky, Pamela, Author McIntyre, Matthew, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Objectives: To analyze the association between age at menarche, as a measure of sexual maturation, and adult height from ten published studies. Methods: Compared published measurements of age at menarche, adult height, and within-sample relationships observed in ten studies, for women from several societies and socioeconomic backgrounds, living in the 20th century, Results: In these studies, early maturers were taller during pre-puberty, but had shorter adult height then later maturers. Late maturers experience a longer period of pre-pubertal growth and a delayed age of peak height velocity, leading to an extended overall time of growth, until adult stature was obtained. Conclusions: Improved living conditions and energy balance increase childhood growth rate, and are associated with an earlier puberty, and shorter duration of growth. In developed countries duration of growth may play an increasingly important role in adult stature. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0004090 (IID), ucf:44803 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2011-12-01 B.A. Sciences, Dept. of Anthropology Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
adult stature age at menarche puberty |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004090 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
