Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Afnan A Hadadi

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• Research Article
  Early Puberty and its Effect on Height in Young Saudi Females: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Author(s): Abdulmoein E Al-Agha, Afnan A Hadadi and Bara’ah OTatwany Abdulmoein E Al-Agha, Afnan A Hadadi and Bara’ah OTatwany
  
  Background: Linear growth in females is influenced by many factors, one of them is puberty. Due to theworldwide downward trend in age of menarche, early puberty could be one of the causative factors of short stature. Objective: The study was aimed at finding out the effect of early puberty on final height and to detect deviation from the target height in young females. The age group selected for the study, ranges from 6-14 years, living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: This study was carried out in Jeddah for the complete month of July 2014. For the conduction of this study, a cross sectional study design was used. The total sample size was 586 young females selected from different areas in Jeddah. A manual height measuring tape and board was used to.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665.1000233

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