Early menarche and risk-taking behavior in Korean adolescent students
| Autor: | Jae-Hong Park, Hyun Soo Kim, Byeong Moo Choe, Seong Hwan Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adolescent
Sexual Behavior Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Early menarche Republic of Korea medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Students Menarche Pregnancy business.industry 05 social sciences Risk behavior General Medicine Odds ratio medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Sexual intercourse Cross-Sectional Studies Adolescent Behavior Female Risk taking business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Pacific psychiatry : official journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists. 9(3) |
| ISSN: | 1758-5872 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to assess the correlation between early menarche and risk-taking behavior in a representative sample of Korean adolescent students. METHODS Data were drawn from a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample of 33 829 female adolescents (grades 7-12) from the 2014 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to test the association between early menarche and risk-taking behavior. RESULTS Female adolescents who experienced menarche at an earlier age tended to have an earlier initiation of sexual intercourse (odds ratio [OR] 4.61, 95% CI, 3.05-6.98, P = .001), smoking (OR 4.29, 95% CI, 3.75-4.9, P |
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