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Age at menarche: 50-year socioeconomic trends among US-born black and white women

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  • Krieger, N.
  • Kiang, M.V.
  • Kosheleva, A.
  • Waterman, P.D.
  • Chen, J.T.
  • Beckfield, J.

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Objectives. We investigated 50-year US trends in age at menarche by socioeconomic position (SEP) and race/ethnicity because data are scant and contradictory. Methods. We analyzed data by income and education for US-born non- Hispanic Black and White women aged 25 to 74 years in the National Health Examination Survey (NHES) I (1959-1962), National Health Examination and Nutrition Surveys (NHANES) I-III (1971-1994), and NHANES 1999-2008. Results. In NHES I, average age at menarche among White women in the 20th (lowest) versus 80th (highest) income percentiles was 0.26 years higher (95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.09, 0.61), but by NHANES 2005-2008 it had reversed and was -0.33 years lower (95% CI = -0.54, -0.11); no socioeconomic gradients occurred among Black women. The proportion with onset at younger than 11 years increased only among women with low SEP, among Blacks and Whites (P for trend

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  • Krieger, N. & Kiang, M.V. & Kosheleva, A. & Waterman, P.D. & Chen, J.T. & Beckfield, J., 2015. "Age at menarche: 50-year socioeconomic trends among US-born black and white women," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(2), pages 388-397.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.301936_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301936
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    1. Ayana K. April-Sanders & Parisa Tehranifar & Erica Lee Argov & Shakira F. Suglia & Carmen B. Rodriguez & Jasmine A. McDonald, 2021. "Influence of Childhood Adversity and Infection on Timing of Menarche in a Multiethnic Sample of Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-15, April.
    2. Silvia P. Canelón & Mary Regina Boland, 2020. "A Systematic Literature Review of Factors Affecting the Timing of Menarche: The Potential for Climate Change to Impact Women’s Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-24, March.

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