Recall of early menstrual history and menarcheal body size: After 30 years, how well do women remember?
Recall of early menstrual history and menarcheal body size: After 30 years, how well do women remember?
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DOI：
10.1093/aje/155.7.672
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发表时间：
2002-04-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Rand, WM
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作者：
Must, A;Phillips, SM;Rand, WM
早期月经特征的回忆的有效性是感兴趣的，因为它们在乳腺癌和其他疾病的病因学中的假定作用。牛顿女孩研究（1965-1975）的回顾性随访提供了一个评估几个早期月经特征回忆的准确性和精确度的机会。在1998-1999年，最初的793名牛顿女孩研究参与者中有57%完成了一份邮寄的问卷，以评估对初潮时的年龄和体型、前两年的通常周期长度以及规律性年龄的回忆准确性。回忆年龄与初潮年龄高度相关（r = 0.79，p < 0.001）。月经初潮时的体重指数百分位数与回忆的月经初潮时的体型有很好的相关性（r = 0.61，p < 0.001），但有一些系统性偏倚的证据。总的来说，女性对月经初潮年龄和体型的回忆优于对月经周期长度和规律性发生的回忆。未能将某些月经特征确定为后续疾病的暴露可能反映了召回措施的准确性和精确性的局限性。
The validity of recall of early menstrual characteristics is of interest because of their putative role in the etiology of breast cancer and other diseases. A retrospective follow-up of the Newton Girls Study (1965-1975) provided an opportunity to assess the accuracy and precision of recall of several early menstrual characteristics. In 1998-1999, 57 percent of the original 793 Newton Girls Study participants completed a mailed questionnaire to assess the accuracy of recall for age and body size at menarche, usual cycle length during the first 2 years, and age at regularity. Recalled and original age at menarche were highly correlated (r = 0.79, p < 0.001). The body mass index percentile at menarche was well correlated with recalled body size at menarche (r = 0.61, p < 0.001), but with some evidence of systematic bias. Overall, a woman's recall of menarcheal age and body size was better than recall of cycle length and occurrence of regularity. The failure to identify certain menstrual characteristics as exposures for subsequent disease may reflect limitations in the accuracy and precision of the recalled measures.