SummaryData on menarcheal age were collected by a status quo method on a sample of 709 girls drawn from an urban Punjabi population of Chandigarh. Probit analysis provided a median age at menarche of 13·2 ± 0·04 years with a standard deviation of 1·09. Menarche occurred in all cases between 10 and 16 years. Comparison with other Indian populations shows that populations at higher altitude and in peninsular India have a later maturation than the present sample.

Age at menarche in northwest Indian females and a review of Indian data.

L'âge a la puberte des femmes de deux tribus du district de Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh (Inde).

V. L. N. Rao

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Menarcheal Age of Savara and Jatapu Wornen