Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Background When studying the development of children through the preteen years into adolescence, it is often important to link features of their physical and mental health to the stage of puberty at the time. This is complex since individuals vary substantially in the ages at which they reach differ...
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| description | Background When studying the development of children through the preteen years into adolescence, it is often important to link features of their physical and mental health to the stage of puberty at the time. This is complex since individuals vary substantially in the ages at which they reach different pubertal milestones. Methods The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study based in southwest England that recruited over 14000 women in pregnancy, with expected dates of delivery between April 1991 and December 1992. From 1999, information on puberty was collected using a number of different methods : (a) A series of annual questionnaires were administered when the index children were aged between eight and 17 years; these were mainly concerned with the physical changes associated with puberty; (b) identification of the age at peak height growth using the SITAR methodology; and (c) retrospective information from the girls on their age at onset of menstruation (menarche). Results The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. Conclusions The data are available for analysis by interested researchers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-312cc07d54e14436807a9b025b7432712024-02-22T01:00:01ZengWellcomeWellcome Open Research2398-502X2024-02-01823227Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Kate Northstone0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0602-1983Jean Golding1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-3307Yasmin Iles-Caven2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-9133Abigail Fraser3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7741-9470Jon Heron4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6199-5644Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UKBristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UKBristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UKBristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UKBristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UKBackground When studying the development of children through the preteen years into adolescence, it is often important to link features of their physical and mental health to the stage of puberty at the time. This is complex since individuals vary substantially in the ages at which they reach different pubertal milestones. Methods The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study based in southwest England that recruited over 14000 women in pregnancy, with expected dates of delivery between April 1991 and December 1992. From 1999, information on puberty was collected using a number of different methods : (a) A series of annual questionnaires were administered when the index children were aged between eight and 17 years; these were mainly concerned with the physical changes associated with puberty; (b) identification of the age at peak height growth using the SITAR methodology; and (c) retrospective information from the girls on their age at onset of menstruation (menarche). Results The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. Conclusions The data are available for analysis by interested researchers.https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-453/v2ALSPAC puberty menarche sexual development voice break pubic haireng |
| spellingShingle | Kate Northstone Jean Golding Yasmin Iles-Caven Abigail Fraser Jon Heron Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Wellcome Open Research ALSPAC puberty menarche sexual development voice break pubic hair eng |
| title | Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Measures of puberty in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) offspring cohort [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | measures of puberty in the avon longitudinal study of parents and children alspac offspring cohort version 2 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | ALSPAC puberty menarche sexual development voice break pubic hair eng |
| url | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-453/v2 |
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