AGE OF PUBERTY IN SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS LIVING IN ISFAHAN

Background: Due to geographical, racial, nutritional and socio-economical effective factors in pubertal age, assessment of pubertal stages should always be based on native, up-to- date and reliable references data from the same background population. This study is conducted to determine the age of different pubertal stages in school-age girls of Isfahan. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 5.5 to 17 years-old girls of Isfahan among 3204 population in 2006. The data was collected through the multistage cluster probability ...