Birth weight and prepubertal body size predict menarcheal age in India, Peru, and Vietnam

The researchers investigated these relationships using Young Lives data

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 September 2017
Country:
India, Peru, Vietnam
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Food and Nutrition
Authors:
Aurino, E, Schott, W, Penny, M.E., Behrman, J. R.

Abstract

Evidence on the associations of birth weight and prepubertal nutritional status with menarcheal age for low- and middle-income countries is limited. The researchers investigated these relationships using the Young Lives younger cohort for 2001 Indian, Peruvian, and Vietnamese girls born in 2001-2002.

This study uses data from Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) over 15 years. Young Lives is funded by the UK Department for International Development.

Citation

Aurino, Elisabetta, Whitney Schott, Mary E. Penny, Jere R. Behrman (2017) Birth weight and prepubertal body size predict menarcheal age in India, Peru, and Vietnam. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2017 Sep 28. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13445

Birth weight and prepubertal body size predict menarcheal age in India, Peru, and Vietnam

Published 1 September 2017
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