Childhood abuse and early menarche among Peruvian women.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Childhood abuse has been associated with age of menarche in some studies, but not all, and few have assessed the independent associations of sexual and physical abuse with early menarche. We examined the association between childhood abuse and early menarche among pregnant women in Lima, Peru.

Methods

Multinomial logistic regression procedures were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for early menarche (≤11 years) in relation to any physical or sexual childhood abuse, physical abuse only, sexual abuse only, and both physical and sexual abuse in a cohort of 1,499 pregnant (first trimester) women.

Results

Approximately 69% of participants reported experiencing physical or sexual abuse in childhood. The frequencies of physical abu

SUBMITTER: Barrios YV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4306809 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature