Onset of Puberty in a Sample of Iraqi Adolescents

Abstract

Background
The age of onset of puberty was estimated in a sample of Iraqi adolescent depending upon the date of the first menstrual cycle (menarche), LH, FSH, E2 in girls, and ejaculation (or wet dreams), FSH,LH, Testo., in boys, B.M.I was also evaluated for all of them.
Objective
To shade a light on the age of onset of puberty in a sample of Iraqi adolescent.
Setting
The central public health laboratory (C.P.H.L), Clinical chemistry.
Individual methods
130 girls and 100 boys was enrolled in this study for determing their age of onset of puberty, they were all apparently adolescent, FSH,LH,E2,B.M.I for girls, while the parameters for boys adolescent was LH, FSH, Testo., B.M.I
Results
The age mean±SD of onset of puberty was 14.0±0.07, 15.37±0.03 for girls and boys respectively.
Conclusion
There is an increased precent of late onset of puberty associated with low B.M.I and low sex steroid values, in addition to 6.1% of girls adolescent had elevated LH/FSH ratio.