05 Apr 2009 06:00 AM
Thelarche, Pubarche, And Menarche Attainment In Children With Normal And Elevated Body Mass Index
UroToday.com - A study by Dr. Robert Rosenfield et al. evaluated the effect of body mass index on puberty. Data was collected from the NHANES III database. From their study, the group has been able to provide normative estimates for the ages of which thelarche, pubarche, and menarche will occur in U.S. children with normal BMI.
The group found that if a child is of normal weight, breast and sexual pubic hair development are unusual before 8 years of age in girls and pubarche is unusual before 10 years of age in boys occurring less than 2% of the time. They did find that higher BMI's and ethnicity are independently associated with earlier pubertal development in girls…
The group found that if a child is of normal weight, breast and sexual pubic hair development are unusual before 8 years of age in girls and pubarche is unusual before 10 years of age in boys occurring less than 2% of the time. They did find that higher BMI's and ethnicity are independently associated with earlier pubertal development in girls…
