Features of pubertal maturation in adolescents from Timiş County.
OBJECTIVE
Puberty, by content and finality, mean all the events of somatic and mental maturation, with the transformation of the child into an adult. It is the period in which it is acquired the reproductive capacity.


METHODS
Pubertal maturation was studied on a sample of secondary school adolescents from Timis County, 800 students from schools and high schools in the urban area aged 11-14 years, with uniform distribution by sex and age. The pubertal evaluation was made with reference to Tanner stages. The result was an earlier and stronger pubertal maturation in girls compared with boys.


RESULTS
Pubertal maturation in adolescents from Timis County is higher compared to the national level (step 1999), and is less elevated compared with the local level of maturation (1998).


CONCLUSIONS
The study contributes to maintain actual the health condition in adolescence.
Discipline of Hygiene, Preventive Health Education Center, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara.
R
R
Bagiu
Sorina
S
Doroftei
Corneluţa
C
Fira-Mlădinescu
Salomeia
S
Putnoky
Cristina
C
Petrescu
Oana
O
Suciu
Ioana
I
Tuţă-Sas
Brigitha
B
Vlaicu
D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D011627:Puberty; D012016:Reference Values; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012741:Sexual Maturation / Q000502:physiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors