Elshiekh Mohammed, Ali Mohammed Ammar Mohammed
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Dongola, Dongola, Sudan.
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Dongola, Dongola, Sudan.
Mater Sociomed. 2011;23(4):195-9. doi: 10.5455/msm.2011.23.195-199.
The study of the relationship ,between the age at menarche and socioeconomic status in a rural area in Sudan.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in Altadamon and Eldubha areas in the northern state of Sudan during year 2006. It included 182 girls of age between 13 to 18 years in elementary and secondary school.
The mean age at menarche for girls in Northern Sudan in this study was 13.93 ± 1.29 year, the mean menarcheal age in these girls are amongst the lowest values presented for African countries. The mean duration of menstrual bleeding among girls in the Northern Sudan in this study was 4.8 ± 1.22 days. We also found statistically significant differences in age at menarche between girls whose parents had a higher educational level and those with a lower educational level and also according to the economic status and size of the family.
Between the girls whose parents were living together and girls whose parents separated there was a significant difference of 1.02 day.
研究苏丹农村地区月经初潮年龄与社会经济地位之间的关系。
这是一项横断面描述性研究，于2006年在苏丹北部州的阿尔塔达蒙和埃尔杜布哈地区进行。研究对象包括182名年龄在13至18岁的中小学女生。
本研究中苏丹北部女孩的月经初潮平均年龄为13.93±1.29岁，这些女孩的月经初潮年龄在非洲国家中处于最低值之列。本研究中苏丹北部女孩月经出血的平均持续时间为4.8±1.22天。我们还发现，父母教育水平较高的女孩与教育水平较低的女孩之间，以及根据家庭经济状况和家庭规模，月经初潮年龄存在统计学上的显著差异。
父母共同生活的女孩与父母分居的女孩之间，月经初潮年龄存在1.02天的显著差异。
