City or Geographical Periphery | Geographic Latitude in degrees | Age at menarche in years | Author and year of publication |
---|---|---|---|
Oslo (Norway) | 59,93 | 16,00 | Rosenberg 1991 [21] |
Copenhagen (Denmark) | 55,43 | 13,40 | Helm P & Grolund L 1998 [22] |
Rotterdam (Netherlands) | 51,55 | 13,15 | Mul et al 2001 [23] |
Brussels (Belgium) | 50,51 | 13,00 | Vercauteren M & Susanne C 1984 [24] |
Switzerland | 47,00 | 13,40 | Largo RH & Prader A 1983 [25] |
Pecs (Hungary) | 46,00 | 12,90 | Dober I & Kiralyfalvi L 1993 [26] |
Zagreb (Croatia) | 45,48 | 13,13 | Prebeg Z & Bralic I 2000 [27] |
L' Aquila (Italy) | 42,36 | 12,55 | Danubio et al 2004 [28] |
Madrid (Spain) | 40,26 | 12,79 | Marroban MD, Mesa MS 2000 [29] |
Coimbra (Portugal) | 40,15 | 12,53 | Padez C & Rocha MA 2003 [30] |
Dayton (Ohio, USA) | 40,13 | 12,43 | Chumlea et al 2003 [31] |
Sardinia (Italy) | 40,00 | 12,78 | Floris G et al 1987 [32] |
Athens (Greece) | 38,00 | 12,58 | Dacou-Voutetakis et al 1983 [33] |
Thriasion Pedion, (Greece) | 37,50 | 12,07 | Grivas et al 2002 [34] |
Columbia (USA) | 38,53 | 13,20 | Vadocz EA et al 2002 [35] |
Atlanta (Georgia, USA) | 33,46 | 12,60 | Freedman et al 2002 [36] |
Marrakech (Morocco) | 31,49 | 13,04 | Montero P et al 1999 [37] |
Texas (USA) | 31,14 | 13,10 | Malina RM et al 1994 [38] |
Chandigarh (India) | 30,72 | 13,20 | Sharma K 1990 [39] |
Patiala (India) | 30,35 | 12,54 | Singh SP & Malhotra P 1988 [40] |
Cairo (Egypt) | 30,05 | 12,59 | Attallah NL 1978 [41] |
Shiraz (Iran) | 29,38 | 12,84 | Ayatollahi SM et al 2002 [42] |
Zhejiang (China) | 28,45 | 12,80 | Hesketh T et al 2002 [43] |
Hong Kong (China) | 22,45 | 12,38 | Huen KF et al 1997 [44] |
Dominican Republic | 19,00 | 13,10 | Mancebo P et al 1990 [45] |
Khartoum (Sudan) | 15,55 | 13,35 | Attallah NL et al 1983 [46] |
Bangkok (Thailand) | 13,73 | 12,35 | Chompootaweep S et al 1997 [47] |
Hausa (Nigeria) | 12,24 | 13,50 | Rehan N 1994 [48] |
Carabobo (Venezuela) | 10,23 | 12,86 | Farid-Coupal N et al 1981 [49] |
Nigeria | 10,00 | 13,70 | Oduntan SO et al 1976 [50] |
Jaffna (Sri Lanka) | 9,66 | 13,78 | Prakash S & Pathmanathan G 1984 [51] |
Kumasi (Ghana) | 6,75 | 13,98 | Adadevoh SW et al 1989 [52] |
Yaunde (Cameroon) | 3,85 | 13,98 | Pasquet P et al 1999 [53] |