Body size and composition of perimenarchal girls
G. B. Forbes
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY.
A number of measurements are reported on a cross-sectional sample of girls
who were studied at times ranging from 54 months prior to menarche to 82
months after menarche. Included are anthropometric measurements, lean
weight, body fat, abdomen-hip ratio, skeletal size, bone age, muscle
strength, and urinary hydroxyproline excretion. The years preceding
menarche are associated with an array of physiological and anatomical
changes, making it difficult to assign a causative role to any one of them.
