Table 1 Summary by region of median age at menarche, and percentage overweight/obese at age 15 and at age 11. HBSC study, 2013/2014 and 2009/2010
From: Overweight and lower age at menarche: evidence from the Italian HBSC cross-sectional survey
Region | 15-year-old girls (2013/2014) | 11-year-old girls (2009/2010) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median age at menarche | Percentage | Percentage | |||
N | Months (years and months) | 95% CI (months) | overweight/obesea | overweight/obeseb | |
Abruzzo | 152 | 154 (12 years 10 months) | (151.50–156.50) | 14.1 | 24.9 |
Basilicata | 126 | 151 (12 years 7 months) | (148.59–153.42) | 13.8 | 23.0 |
Bolzano | 214 | 160 (13 years 4 months) | (157.79–162.21) | 4.2 | 9.7 |
Calabria | 194 | 149 (12 years 5 months) | (147.83–150.18) | 12.3 | 25.9 |
Campania | 153 | 150 (12 years 6 months) | (147.80–152.20) | 18.8 | 34.7 |
Emilia R. | 214 | 154 (12 years 10 months) | (151.13–156.87) | 11.2 | 19.2 |
Friuli V.G. | 241 | 154 (12 years 10 months) | (152.07–155.94) | 8.2 | 19.9 |
Lazio | 164 | 147 (12 years 3 months) | (144.61–149.39) | 11.8 | 19.8 |
Liguria | 272 | 152 (12 years 8 months) | (150.05–153.95) | 9.7 | 15.1 |
Lombardy | 288 | 155 (12 years 11 months) | (152.64–157.36) | 5.8 | 18.8 |
Marche | 283 | 156 (13 years 0 months) | (154.10–157.90) | 11.0 | 23.8 |
Molise | 172 | 152 (12 years 8 months) | (148.96–155.04) | 8.5 | 24.5 |
Piedmont | 195 | 153 (12 years 9 months) | (149.98–156.02) | 4.2 | 16.3 |
Puglia | 204 | 150 (12 years 6 months) | (147.86–152.14) | 19.1 | 29.4 |
Sardinia | 121 | 152 (12 years 8 months) | (149.87–154.13) | 8.8 | 16.1 |
Sicily | 195 | 149 (12 years 5 months) | (147.00–151.00) | 15.2 | 25.4 |
Tuscany | 260 | 150 (12 years 6 months) | (148.22–151.79) | 6.5 | 16.5 |
Trento | 230 | 154 (12 years 10 months) | (151.26–156.74) | 7.7 | 14.0 |
Umbria | 222 | 153 (12 years 9 months) | (151.46–154.55) | 9.6 | 16.3 |
Valle d’Aosta | 98 | 158 (13 years 2 months) | (154.84–161.16) | 6.5 | 16.2 |
Veneto | 485 | 156 (13 years 0 months) | (154.32–157.68) | 7.3 | No data |
All regions | 4483 | 153 (12 years 9 months) | (152.42–153.58) | 12.2 | 23.9 |