@article{ref1,
title="Childhood abuse and early menarche: findings from the black women's health study",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2009",
author="Wise, Lauren A. and Palmer, Julie R. and Rothman, Emily Faith and Rosenberg, Lynn",
volume="99",
number="Suppl 2",
pages="S460-6",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between childhood abuse and early menarche in a sample of US Black women. METHODS: We conducted multivariable log-binomial regression on data from 35 330 participants in the Black Women's Health Study to estimate risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the relation of childhood physical and sexual abuse with early age at menarche (i.e., < 12 years). RESULTS: In adjusted analyses, sexual abuse was positively associated with early menarche, and the risk of early menarche increased with increasing frequency of sexual abuse incidents. We observed a weak but statistically significant association between physical abuse and early menarche. Associations between sexual abuse and early menarche were stronger when we used a more stringent cutpoint for early menarche (i.e., < 11 years). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest an increased risk of early menarche among Black women who experienced childhood sexual abuse. Evidence for an association between childhood physical abuse and early menarche was equivocal.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2008.149005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.149005"
}