Age at Menarche and First Pregnancy Among Psychosocially At-Risk Adolescents

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ID11022143
AuthorsJessica Dunbar (Jessica Dunbar, Jeanelle Sheeder, Dennis Lezotte, and Dana Dabelea are with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver. Jeanelle Sheeder and Catherine Stevens-Simon are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver.), J E Dunbar (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Jeanelle Sheeder (0000-0002-4463-3569, Jessica Dunbar, Jeanelle Sheeder, Dennis Lezotte, and Dana Dabelea are with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver. Jeanelle Sheeder and Catherine Stevens-Simon are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver.), Dennis C Lezotte (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Dennis Lezotte (Jessica Dunbar, Jeanelle Sheeder, Dennis Lezotte, and Dana Dabelea are with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver. Jeanelle Sheeder and Catherine Stevens-Simon are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver.), Dana Dabelea (0000-0001-9514-8929, Jessica Dunbar, Jeanelle Sheeder, Dennis Lezotte, and Dana Dabelea are with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver. Jeanelle Sheeder and Catherine Stevens-Simon are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver.), Catherine Stevens-Simon (Jessica Dunbar, Jeanelle Sheeder, Dennis Lezotte, and Dana Dabelea are with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver. Jeanelle Sheeder and Catherine Stevens-Simon are with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center, Denver.), Catherine Stevens–Simon (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
Year2008
Volume98
Issue10
Pages1822-1824
Publication date2008-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2007.120444
PMID18703451
PMCIDPMC2636479
OpenAlexW2150270967
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited36

We sought to determine which factors influence the association between menarche and conception among adolescent study participants (n = 1030), who demonstrated an earlier age of menarche than did national samples. Age at first sexual intercourse (coitarche) mediated the relationship between age at menarche and first pregnancy among White girls, whereas gynecologic age at coitarche (age at coitarche minus age at menarche) and age at menarche explained the timing of the first pregnancy among Black and Hispanic girls. Pregnancy prevention interventions to delay coitarche should also include reproductive education and contraception

Environmental health · Gynecology · Menarche · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sexual intercourse · Demography · Endocrinology · Endometriosis Research and Treatment · Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones · Medicine · Menstrual Health and Disorders

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