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- Proos, Lemm A., 1943-, et al.
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Menarcheal age and growth pattern of Indian girls adopted in Sweden. I. Menarcheal age.
- 1991
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Ingår i: Acta paediatrica Scandinavica. - 0001-656X. ; 80:8-9, s. 852-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The median menarcheal age of 107 girls adopted from India by families in Sweden was 11.6 years, which was significantly lower than in Swedish and most Indian studies. Five girls had menarche before the age of 9 years, the earliest at 7.3 years. Those who arrived at a later age had earlier menarche. No differences in menarcheal age were found with respect to geographic origin. The reasons for the earlier pubertal maturation are not clear. Factors associated with the rapid transition from an underprivileged to a privileged environment are probably involved, besides genetic determinants. The serious medical, social and emotional consequences of very early pubertal development necessitate further clarification of the underlying mechanisms.
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- Proos, Lemm A., 1943-, et al.
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Menarcheal age and growth pattern of Indian girls adopted in Sweden. II. Catch-up growth and final height.
- 1991
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Ingår i: Indian Journal of Pediatrics. - 0019-5456 .- 0973-7693. ; 58:1, s. 105-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Adopted girls (n = 107) previously studied regarding menarcheal age in relation to age at arrival, were analysed as to growth pattern and final height related to nutritional status at arrival and menarcheal age. It was found that most girls had catch-up growth regarding height and half of them regarding weight. Faster catch-up and later arrival age in Sweden were associated with earlier menarche. The catch-up growth was, however, incomplete, and lower the initial height for age, lower was the height for age at the succeeding measurements, and the final height. The mean final height was 154 cm, but 8% of the girls were 145 cm or shorter. The data suggest that linear growth and final height is influenced by the preadoptive nutritional condition, as well as by the degree and timing of subsequent catch-up growth, and the timing of puberty. Pubertal onset is related to the degree and timing of catch-up growth.
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