Age at menarche in Nigerian athletes
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Menarchealter bei nigerianischen Sportlerinnen |
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| Autor: | Mathur, D.N.; Toriola, L. |
| Erschienen in: | British journal of sports medicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 16 (1982), 4, S. 250-252, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0306-3674, 1473-0480 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU198304018842 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The subjects of the study were 418 highly successful female athletes and 512 female non-athletes drawn from all over Nigeria. Recall procedures were used to ascertain the age at menarche. The study gave the following results: In general, over-all mean menarcheal age of athletes (14.13 years) was significantly higher than that of non-athletes (13.57 years). Menarche was significantly delayed (14.41 years) in those athletes (n = 272) who started physical activites before the onset of menstruation. The mean menarcheal age of non-ath letes i.e. general population was significantly lower than that established thirty years ago in Nigerian women. Verf.-Referat