Mokha R, Sidhu L S
Department of Human Biology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.
Br J Sports Med. 1989 Dec;23(4):237-8. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.23.4.237.
Data for the age of menarche have been collected on 98 female volleyball players and 75 basketball players. The players belonged to four different levels of competition: international, national, intervarsity and district. Menarche is significantly delayed in players as compared with the controls. There is a continuous trend of increase in the age of menarche with the increasing levels of competition; menarche is more delayed in players playing at a higher level than those at the lower levels of competition.
已收集了98名女排运动员和75名女篮运动员的初潮年龄数据。这些运动员分属四个不同的竞赛级别:国际级、国家级、校际级和地区级。与对照组相比,运动员的初潮明显推迟。随着竞赛级别的提高,初潮年龄呈持续上升趋势;高水平比赛的运动员比低水平比赛的运动员初潮推迟得更厉害。