Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort
Data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were used to describe initiation of secondary sexual characteristic development of girls. Tanner stages of breast and pubic hair and menarche status were self-reported via mailed questionnaires, administered from ages 8–14. Initiation pat...
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| author | Krista Yorita Christensen Mildred Maisonet Carol Rubin Adrianne Holmes W. Dana Flanders Jon Heron Jean Golding Michael A. McGeehin Michele Marcus |
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| description | Data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were used to describe initiation of secondary sexual characteristic development of girls. Tanner stages of breast and pubic hair and menarche status were self-reported via mailed questionnaires, administered from ages 8–14. Initiation pathway was categorized as breast [thelarche] or pubic hair [pubarche] development alone, or synchronous. Average ages at beginning breast and pubic hair development were estimated using survival analysis. Factors associated with initiation pathway were assessed using logistic regression. Among the 3938 participants, the median ages at beginning breast and pubic hair development were 10.19 (95% CI: 10.14–10.24) and 10.95 (95% CI: 10.90–11.00) years. Synchronous initiation was the most commonly reported pathway (46.3%), followed by thelarche (42.1%). Girls in the pubarche pathway were less likely to be obese or overweight at age 8 or have an overweight or obese mother. Girls in the thelarche pathway were less likely to be of nonwhite race or be the third born or later child. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-400306aa512a4dd294f8c9fad9a2c8d32025-02-03T01:03:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Pediatrics1687-97401687-97592010-01-01201010.1155/2010/329261329261Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British CohortKrista Yorita Christensen0Mildred Maisonet1Carol Rubin2Adrianne Holmes3W. Dana Flanders4Jon Heron5Jean Golding6Michael A. McGeehin7Michele Marcus8Epidemiology Department, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USAEpidemiology Department, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USANational Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341, USANational Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341, USAEpidemiology Department, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USADepartment of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UKDepartment of Community Based Medicine, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol, Barley House, Oakfield Grove, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BN, UKNational Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341, USAEpidemiology Department, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USAData from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were used to describe initiation of secondary sexual characteristic development of girls. Tanner stages of breast and pubic hair and menarche status were self-reported via mailed questionnaires, administered from ages 8–14. Initiation pathway was categorized as breast [thelarche] or pubic hair [pubarche] development alone, or synchronous. Average ages at beginning breast and pubic hair development were estimated using survival analysis. Factors associated with initiation pathway were assessed using logistic regression. Among the 3938 participants, the median ages at beginning breast and pubic hair development were 10.19 (95% CI: 10.14–10.24) and 10.95 (95% CI: 10.90–11.00) years. Synchronous initiation was the most commonly reported pathway (46.3%), followed by thelarche (42.1%). Girls in the pubarche pathway were less likely to be obese or overweight at age 8 or have an overweight or obese mother. Girls in the thelarche pathway were less likely to be of nonwhite race or be the third born or later child.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/329261 |
| spellingShingle | Krista Yorita Christensen Mildred Maisonet Carol Rubin Adrianne Holmes W. Dana Flanders Jon Heron Jean Golding Michael A. McGeehin Michele Marcus Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort International Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort |
| title_full | Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort |
| title_fullStr | Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort |
| title_short | Pubertal Pathways in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort |
| title_sort | pubertal pathways in girls enrolled in a contemporary british cohort |
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