[Table/Fig-6]:
| Authors | Year of Study |
Caste/Place | Mean Age (years) |
Median Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacou-Voutetakis et al., [32] |
1983 | Greek girls | 12.58±0.07 years | |
| Hosny et al., [33] | 2005 | Egyptian girls | 12.44 years | |
| Fredriks et al., [34] | 2003 | Turkish girls living in Netherlands | 12.8 | |
| Semiz et al., [35] | 2008 | Turkish girls | 13.4 years | 14.8 years |
| Zegeye, Megabiaw and Mulu [36] | 2009 | North west Ethiopia | 14.8 years | |
| Asgharnia et al., [37] | 2009 | Northern Iran | 12.99+1.33 | |
| Bau et al., [38] | 2009 | Berlin girls | 12.8 | 12.8 Years |
| Chumlea et al., [39] | 2003 | US girls | 13.6±1.1 years | 12.43 |
| Al-Sahab et al., [40] | 2010 | Canadian girls | 12.72 | 12.67 |
| Our study | 2016 | Bania girls | 12.3 | 12.3 |