LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ART-IYAGS: Puberty

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2009-2011	2009-2011
	Phase	Retrospective telephone interview - Mother	Retrospective telephone interview - Offspring
	Age	18-29 years	18-29 years
	N	656 (ART); 868 (Non-ART)	547 (ART); 549 (Non-ART)
Age at menarche			P:AS-ICSM ^I ¹	S:AS-ICSM ^I
Puberty stage			P:AS-ICSM ^I ¹	S:AS-ICSM ^I

Featured measurements

AS-ICSM: : The Adolescence Scale

Notes

Adapted version for maternal report was used

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

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