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Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing age at menarche in sabzevarian girls, for health policy.
Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive –analytical study, we enrolled 400 girls aged 10-17 years, whose menstruation had started during 6 months before the study; and lived in Sabzevar at least for 3 years ago. Data such as demographic information, height and weight of the girls were collected using a checklist, and analyzed in SPSS 11.5 software. Pearson correlation coefficient test was used to determine relationships, and T test for qualitative variables.
Results: The mean age of the participants, age at menarche, weight, height and body mass index (BMI) were 12.88±1.26 years, 15.12 ± 1.53 years, 53 ±10.49 kg, 160.49±0.07 cm, and 20.58 ±3.83 kg/m2, respectively. There was a significant correlation between age at menarche, and height (P
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