Timing of spermarche and menarche among urban students in Guangzhou, China: Trends from 2005 to 2012 and association with Obesity

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Abstract

In Guangzhou, China, whether the trend of a decreasing pubertal age has continued in recent years remained unknown, and the association between obesity and early puberty was still controversial. Herein, we conducted a serial cross-sectional study using data from physical fitness surveillance (2005-2012), to determine the recent trends in age at spermarche and menarche among students in Guangzhou, and to investigate whether elevated BMI modified timing of spermarche and menarche. This study included 1,278,258 urban students. In boys, no significant differences were observed in median ages of spermarche (MAS) from 2005 to 2012, with overlapping 95% CIs. Similar results were observed for median ages of menarche (MAM) in girls. The Cox-Stuart trend test showed neither upward nor downward shift in MAS and MAM over time (P = 0.625; 1.000). Each year, both MAS and MAM decreased with increasing BMI. Furthermore, a higher BMI was associated with early age at spermarche and menarche, with ORs of 1.052 (95% CI = 1.045-1.059) and 1.233 (95% CI = 1.220-1.247) in 2012 for boys and girls, respectively. In conclusion, the pubertal timing has been stable in urban students from 2005 to 2012. Furthermore, obesity was associated with early timing of spermarche and menarche.

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Deng, Y., Liang, J., Zong, Y., Yu, P., Xie, R., Guo, Y., … Liu, L. (2018). Timing of spermarche and menarche among urban students in Guangzhou, China: Trends from 2005 to 2012 and association with Obesity. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18423-6

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