Original ArticlesImpact of timing of pubertal maturation on growth in black and white female adolescents: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study☆,☆☆
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Methods
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study was a cohort study designed to follow the development of obesity and related cardiovascular disease risk factors.2 Briefly, 9- and 10-year-old girls were recruited in 1987 at 3 clinical centers: University of California at Berkeley, through the public and private school systems in Richmond, California; University of Cincinnati, through selected public and parochial schools in the Cincinnati metropolitan area; and Westat, Inc,
Results
At baseline, there were 616 white and 539 black participants who were 9 years old and 550 white and 674 black participants who were 10 years old. The distribution of age at menarche by race is presented in Table I.Empty Cell Empty Cell Empty Cell Empty Cell Percentiles Race No. Mean (y) SD (y) Minimum 5 10 20 50 80 90 95 Maximum White 1092 12.7 1.2 9.0 10.9 11.2 11.7 12.6 13.5 14.2 14.7 16.8 Black 1164 12.0 1.2 8.1 10.1 10.6 11.1 12.0 12.9 13.6 14.0 16.2
Discussion
This study, performed with participants recruited from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in 3 metropolitan regions, assessed the relationship between timing of maturation and anthropometric measures and used age at menarche as a measure of race-specific timing of pubertal maturation because age at menarche can be ascertained more reliably than onset of maturation8 and because a high correlation between onset of puberty and age at menarche (0.39-0.86) has been reported by other investigators.9,
Acknowledgements
We thank Carol Muir for her assistance in preparation of the manuscript.
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Supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contracts N01-HL-55023 to 26 and U01-HL-48941.
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Reprint requests: Frank M. Biro, MD, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Adolescent Medicine, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.