Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Table 1 The proportions of menarcheal and non-menarcheal girls by their anthropometric and demographic variables

From: Early age at menarche and its associated factors in school girls (age, 10 to 12 years) in Bangladesh: a cross-section survey in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh

Variables	Did you attain menarche?
	Yes			No
	Proportion	95% CI		Proportion	95% CI
	Proportion	Lower	Upper	Proportion	Lower	Upper
Type of residence
Rural	0.144	0.093	0.208	0.856	0.792	0.902
Urban**	0.726	0.663	0.783	0.274	0.217	0.337
Mode of delivery
Normal	0.438	0.373	0.504	0.562	0.496	0.627
Cesarean*	0.556	0.473	0.636	0.444	0.364	0.527
Father’s education level
Uneducated	0.412	0.184	0.671	0.588	0.329	0.816
Primary	0.283	0.168	0.423	0.717	0.577	0.832
Secondary	0.286	0.179	0.413	0.714	0.587	0.821
Higher**	0.581	0.518	0.643	0.419	0.357	0.482
Mother’s education level
Uneducated	0.357	0.128	0.649	0.643	0.351	0.872
Primary	0.302	0.183	0.443	0.698	0.557	0.817
Secondary	0.349	0.249	0.459	0.651	0.541	0.751
Higher**	0.584	0.518	0.648	0.416	0.352	0.482
Father’s occupation
Service**	0.637	0.564	0.705	0.363	0.295	0.436
Business	0.385	0.301	0.474	0.615	0.526	0.699
Farmer	0.242	0.154	0.364	0.758	0.636	0.855
Mother’s occupation
Housewife	0.438	0.383	0.495	0.562	0.505	0.617
Service**	0.696	0.573	0.801	0.304	0.199	0.427
Monthly family income
≤ 20,000 (Taka)	0.340	0.273	0.413	0.660	0.587	0.727
>20,000 (Taka)**	0.621	0.550	0.689	0.379	0.311	0.450
Girls’ BMI category
Underweight	0.286	0.173	0.422	0.714	0.578	0.827
Normal	0.414	0.350	0.479	0.586	0.521	0.650
Overweight	0.746	0.616	0.850	0.254	0.150	0.384
Obese**	0.853	0.689	0.950	0.147	0.050	0.311

*5% and **1% level of significantly higher

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