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Childhood abuse and early menarche among Peruvian women.
Barrios, Yasmin V; Sanchez, Sixto E; Nicolaidis, Christina; Garcia, Pedro J; Gelaye, Bizu; Zhong, Qiuyue; Williams, Michelle A.
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  • Barrios YV; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: ybarrios@hsph.harvard.edu.
  • Sanchez SE; Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru; Asociación Civil PROESA, Lima, Peru.
  • Nicolaidis C; School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
  • Garcia PJ; Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima, Peru.
  • Gelaye B; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Zhong Q; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Williams MA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Adolesc Health ; 56(2): 197-202, 2015 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25620302
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 abuse only, sexual abuse only, and both physical and sexual abuse were 37.4%, 7.7%, and 24.5%, respectively. Compared with women who reported no childhood abuse, those who reported any childhood abuse had a 1.38-fold increased odds of early menarche (95% CI, 1.01-1.87). Compared with no abuse, the odds of early menarche was 1.60-fold among women with childhood sexual abuse only (OR, 1.60; 95% CI, .93-2.74) and 1.56-fold for those with both physical and sexual abuse (OR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.07-2.25) during childhood. Isolated physical abuse was weakly associated with early menarche (OR, 1.23; 95% CI, .87-1.74). There was no clear evidence of association of childhood abuse with late menarche (≥15 years). CONCLUSIONS: Childhood abuse, particularly joint physical and sexual abuse, is associated with early menarche. Our findings add to an expanding body of studies documenting the enduring adverse health consequences of childhood abuse.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Comportamento Sexual / Menarca / Maus-Tratos Infantis Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Pregnancy País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Peru Idioma: En Revista: J Adolesc Health Assunto da revista: PEDIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Comportamento Sexual / Menarca / Maus-Tratos Infantis Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Pregnancy País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Peru Idioma: En Revista: J Adolesc Health Assunto da revista: PEDIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos