Title

Does age at menarche influence final height in female adolescents?

Authors

S. Arrthy¹, G. Pushpa² & P. Pravallika^1,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiology, Shridevi institute of medical science and research hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka, India; ²Akash institute of medical sciences and research hospital, Devanahalli, Karnataka India; *Corresponding author

Email

S. Arrthy - E-mail: drs.arrthy@yahoo.com
G. Pushpa - E-mail: drpushpa.bharath@gmail.com
P. Pravallika - E-mail: Pravallikapagadala5@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

Age at Menarche has shown decreasing trends worldwide in recent decades. This decline may potentially decrease target height and cause health related complications. A Cross sectional study was conducted among 150 female students aged above 18 years and background information was collected using a structured Questionnaire. Weight and height were determined using standard methods. It was observed that height in girls is influenced by age at menarche. Early menarche increases the risk of obesity among Indian girls.

Keywords

Growth, puberty, short stature, adult height, adolescence obesity, BMI, parents height

Citation

Arrthy et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3363-3368 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.