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Somalian girls reach menarche at ~14.8 years of age with significant regional differences.
The mean age at menarche in Somalian girls was found to be 14.78 years, with regional variations.
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Baseline menarcheal age data for Somali girls with regional differences; hypothesis-generating for environmental or genetic influences on pubertal timing.
The mean age at menarche calculated by the recollected-age method for 524 Somalian girls, all over 16 years of age, was 14.78 +/- 0.07 years. The subjects, gathered from schools and other communities in the capital and from the Catholic Missions in Benadir and Upper and Lower Giuba, originated from all the regions of the country. Regions showed a significant difference in menarcheal age.
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Pia Grassivaro Gallo (1975) studied this question. Somalian girls had a mean age at menarche of 14.78 +/- 0.07 years, with significant differences observed across different regions of the country.
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