Palcevski G, Jovanoski S, Marcikić V, Lazarov A, Popovska M, Cakmakov D, Janjevski M, Grueva K, Popovska S
Jugosl Ginekol Opstet. 1977;17(5-6):281-94.
Studies of menarche in Skopje have shown that its secular trend is significantly more pronounced in younger than in older generations. While in the young it amounts to 2.5--3 months per decade, in the elderly it is up to one month per decade. The total acceleration in the course of this century has proved to be 13.5 months. The earliest menarche was recorded in Romanies (13.46 +/- 0.92), the latest in Albanians (14.05 +/- 1.22), while Macedonian girls are somewhere in--between, along with other nationalities (14.0 +/- 1.40). Menarche proved to appear earlier in girls from very well-to-do families (13.95 +/- 1.36) than in those from families with a very low income (14.19 +/- 1.43). The latest beginning of the menstruation has been recorded in girls from peasant families (14.38 +/- 1.17). Sporadic repeated investigations of this king in different parts of the country, by using a more modern "status quo" method, appear necessary in order to determine differences in the menarcheal age in the country as a whole and to shed more ligh on their underlying causes.
斯科普里关于初潮的研究表明，其长期趋势在年轻一代中比在年长一代中更为明显。在年轻人中，每十年的增长幅度为2.5至3个月，而在老年人中，每十年最多为1个月。本世纪以来初潮提前的总幅度为13.5个月。最早的初潮记录出现在罗姆女孩中（13.46±0.92），最晚的是阿尔巴尼亚女孩（14.05±1.22），马其顿女孩以及其他民族的女孩则介于两者之间（14.0±1.40）。事实证明，来自富裕家庭的女孩初潮出现得更早（13.95±1.36），而来自低收入家庭的女孩则较晚（14.19±1.43）。月经初潮最晚开始的是来自农民家庭的女孩（14.38±1.17）。为了确定全国初潮年龄的差异并更深入了解其潜在原因，有必要在该国不同地区采用更现代的“现状”方法对这一情况进行零星的重复调查。
