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KMID : 1007420160140010025
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Mood and Emotion
2016 Volume.14 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.30
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Relationship Between the Age at Menarche and the Age at Onset of Depression
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Lee Hwang-Bin
Yoo Nam-Hee
Kim Jung-Won
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Abstract
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Objectives : We evaluated the relationship between the age at menarche and the age at onset of depression in Korean women.
Method : We analyzed data obtained from the Korean national health and nutrition examination study (from 2007 to 2013). Among 31,852 women, a total of 22,273 female participants were included in the final analysis.
Results : A total of 5.4% (1,212/22,273) women were diagnosed with depression. In an instance, the earlier ages of menarche appeared to be associated with the earlier age at onset of depression, but it was because of the downward trend in the average age at menarche. After adjustment for birth year, the earlier age at menarche was not correlated with the earlier age at onset of depression. The means of age at menarche were decreased from 16.68 to 12.68 years among female born between 1920s and 1990s. In addition, the age at onset of depression is decreasing with each generation.
Conclusion : The earlier ages of menarche appeared to be unrelated with the earlier age at onset of depression. The age at onset of depression is decreasing with each generation.
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KEYWORD
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Menarche, Depression
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