Spatio-temporal trends of the age-at-menarche percentiles among Portuguese women since 1920

Abstract Background This work aims to study the spatio-temporal evolution of a woman’s age at menarche in the central region of Portugal. One of the concerns of the study is early or late menarches; thus, we consider percentile regression to build the respective curves as opposed to the more traditi...

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Main Authors: Vitor Rodrigues, Rui Martins, Bruno de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02608-5