Age at menarche in Canada results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children Youth.docVIP

Al-Sahabetal.BMCPublicHealth2010,10:736 /1471-2458/10/736 RESEARCH ARTICLE OpenAccess AgeatmenarcheinCanada:resultsfromthe NationalLongitudinalSurveyofChildrenYouth BanAl-Sahab*,ChrisIArdern,MazenJHamadeh,HalaTamim Abstract Background:Giventhedownwardtrendinageatmenarcheanditsimplicationsforthereproductivehealthand wellbeingofwomen,littleisknownaboutmenarchealageinCanada.MostCanadianstudiesareonly representativeofspecificpopulations.Thepresentstudy,therefore,aimstoassessthedistributionofageat menarcheforCanadiangirlsandexploreitsvariationacrosssocio-economicanddemographicfactors. Methods:Th