Abstract

Background Age at menarche is the last major event of sexual development This major event in the life of an adolescent girl is influenced by nutritional status and the prevailing environmental conditions Objective To examine the recall age at menarche among the adolescent girls of Scheduled caste SC and neighboring Meitei girls of the Imphal west district Manipur Setting The study was conducted in four different villages i e Sekmai Potshangbam Tengdongyang and Khonghampat in Imphal district Manipur Design The present study was a cross-sectional study