Lauren C Houghton, Alejandra Paniagua-Avila, Simin Hua, Mary Beth Terry, Jasmine A McDonald, Kathleene T Ulanday, Linda van Horn, Mercedes R Carnethon, Carmen R Isasi
PURPOSE: In the United States, Hispanic-Latino children reach puberty earlier on average than non-Hispanic white children. Yet among U.S. Hispanic/Latino children, pubertal timing comparisons between immigrant generations have not been made, hence we examined whether pubertal timing differs by immigrant generational status, independent of BMI and acculturation measures. METHODS: Cross-sectional data on 724 boys and 735 girls, aged 10-15 years, from the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino (SOL) Youth, were used to predict the median ages of thelarche, pubarche, and menarche in girls, and pubarche and voice change in boys, using Weibull survival models, while adjusting for SOL center, BMI, and acculturation...
June 20, 2023: American Journal of Human Biology: the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council