Assessment of Certain factors that influencing the Age At Menarche among Iraqi girls

Abstract

Background: Menarche is the 1st menstrual cycle experienced by the  females.  Several  factors  have  been  shown  to  significantly influence  age  at  menarche  ,  such  as  genetic  parameters  , socioeconomic conditions , general health and life style, nutritional status, physical activity. The  mean of menarche age was from  12- 13 years in  Europe . 
Subject and methods: cross- section study which was conducted in different regions of Iraq from the north to the south .  Wth selecting the women ages from 17 to 25years. The sample size was 646 girls . All data was collected through online google forms questionnaire.  Data  analysis  was  doing    by  manual  statistical method.   The study was conducted during the period from 1 st November  2020-  30 th  march  2021.  The questionnaire  was  well structured  and  including  information  regarding  certain  factors associated with menarche age. 
Results : The current study was about assessment of certain factors that influence the age at menarche among Iraqi girls. The most frequent age of menarche was among those with  age group 12- 14 years  (72.2%)followed  by  the  age  group  less    than  12  years (16.7%) and the lowest frequency was among those with age group more than 14  years (  11.1% ) .Most of the girls with age at menarche was  with same of their mother age at menarche(78%.5) Conclusion :  The most frequent age  of menarche  among  Iraqi female was 13 years and most of girls age at menarche was similar of their mothers.  It was documented that there was an effects of genetic  factors  in  addition  to  body  weight  on  occurrence  of menarche.