| dc.creator | Arcoverde,Gabriela Floro | |
| dc.creator | Prado,Leila | |
| dc.creator | Burgos,Maria Goretti | |
| dc.creator | Silva,Renata Lima e | |
| dc.creator | Andrade,Maria Izabel | |
| dc.creator | Cabral,Poliana | |
| dc.date | 2020-04-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-05T02:57:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-05T02:57:46Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-75182020000200247 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/150717 | |
| dc.description | ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate the association between early menarche and anthropometric/body composition variables in young female university students. Methods: Cross-sectional study involving female university students at a public university in northeastern Brazil. Anthropometric and body composition data were collected, along with a self-report of age at menarche. The conceptual model considered demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle variables as well as the perception of weight in childhood and at menarche. Results: Among the 162 students analyzed, 62.3% were less than 20 years of age. The frequency of underweight and overweight was 8.6% and 22.3%, respectively. The frequency of above-average body fat and obesity was 32.1% and 14.8%, respectively. Early menarche was reported in 35.2%. The frequency of self-reported excess weight in childhood and at menarche was 31.3% and 25.9%, respectively. A statistically significant association was found between early menarche and height < 1st tertile (< 1.62 m). A tendency toward an association was found between early menarche and both weight, circumference in the risk range and the perception of excess weight in childhood and at menarche. Conclusion: Current excess weight was more associated with excess weight in childhood and at menarche than the occurrence of early menarche. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y Toxicología | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0717-75182020000200247 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista chilena de nutrición v.47 n.2 2020 | |
| dc.subject | Anthropometry | |
| dc.subject | Body composition | |
| dc.subject | Early menarche | |
| dc.subject | Excess weight | |
| dc.subject | University students | |
| dc.title | Early menarche and its association with anthropometric and body composition variables in young university students | |
