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Nutritional status and age at secondary sterility in rural Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Abdul Karim ,
A. K. M. Alauddin Chowdhury  and
M. Kabir
Abdul Karim
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Chittagong University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A. K. M. Alauddin Chowdhury
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M. Kabir
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Summary

In a prospective study of 2324 women in Matlab, Bangladesh, the occurrence of primary and secondary sterility by age groups was examined. The results were related to the nutritional status of the women, as assessed by measurements of height, weight, arm circumference and ponderal index. There is evidence that nutritional status is an important factor in estimated age at sterility, with thinner women experiencing a slightly earlier menopause.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 497 - 502
Copyright
Copyright © 1985, Cambridge University Press

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