The levelling-off of the secular trend of age at menarche among Italian girls

The levelling-off of the secular trend of age at menarche among Italian girls

Objective: The main aim of this study was to verify whether the secular trend stopped in Italy by comparing the results of a 1990–2000 birth cohort versus a 1980–1990 birth cohort of Italian young women. The results were used to speculate about age at menarche as adaptive response to non-genetic fac...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Niccolò Piras, Mauro Bozzola, Luigi Bianchin, Sergio Bernasconi, Gianni Bona, Giulia Lorenzoni, Fabio Buzi, Franco Rigon, Giorgio Tonini, Vincenzo De Sanctis, Egle Perissinotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Public health
Epidemiology
Women's health
Obstetrics & gynecology
Age at menarche
Secular trend
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020310665

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