PubMed · 1971 · 14 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesHuman DevelopmentNutritionHuman NutritionMiddle Eastern StudiesSocial DemographyAge DistributionDemographic AnalysisMiddle Eastern SocietiesSex Differences In HealthSocioeconomic Determinants Of DietSocial Determinants Of NutritionSocioeconomic Determinants Of NutritionSocioeconomic Dietary PatternsSocioeconomic Differentials In DietSocioeconomic DisadvantageSocioeconomic EnvironmentSocioeconomic Nutrition Inequities
DIFFERENCES in the mean age at menarche between different populations of the world have long been recognised, and are believed to be to a large extent environmental in origin. It appears that socioeconomic difference is the important factor, and that nutrition is probably the most important of the many causes of the socio-economic differences (Tanner, 1969). In this paper the age at menarche in different socio-economic groups in Baghdad is presented, with their dietary pattern and the average number of persons in the family. As far as I know this is the first study on the age at menarche in an Arab mid-Eastern country.