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Croatian National Adolescent Growth and Development Study. Part I - Descriptive statistics of Zagreb pubertal population - girls, 11-15 years of age

The analysis of growth and development of Zagreb pubertal popukation was conducted as a pilot investigation for the Croatian National Growth and Development Study. The aim of this paper was to give a basis for pubertal growth standards of Zagreb girls. Data was collected during a 4-years mixed-longitudinal study performed on 121 clinically healthy girls. Anthropometric, spirometric, echocardiographic and ergometric variables (79 of them) were measured annually. A total of 34918 morphological and functional data were obtained in girls aged 11 to 15 years. Descriptive statistics and the mean age of menarche appearance are displayed. Irregularities in growth intensity of certain parameters are noticable.

puberty; growth and development; female

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