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To examine the association between pediatric asthma and age at menarche, and to assess whether early life factors modify the association. This is a retrospective cross-sectional study using the Indonesian Family Life Survey Fifth Wave which had a total of 11 822 females aged 15–57 years to evaluate whether those with pediatric asthma were associated with earlier menarche, compared to females without asthma. We performed a weighted linear regression model adjusting for age, urbanicity, parental smoking, infectious disease history during childhood, childhood socioeconomic status, and health status during childhood. We also performed analyses by age at asthma diagnosis, interval length between asthma diagnosis and menarche, urbanicity, parental smoking, and infectious disease history during childhood. In the adjusted model, females with pediatric asthma had an earlier average age at menarche by 5.2 months and those diagnosed with asthma at 5–8 years of age had the fastest acceleration by 14.9 months. The significant association persisted among those with 0–5 years interval between asthma diagnosis and menarche, who resided in urban areas, and those without infectious disease history during childhood. Our findings showed that females with pediatric asthma were associated with an earlier age at menarche, and some early life factors modified the association. Better asthma management with more targeted strategies at those at risk of earlier menarche may improve the reproductive and future health of children with asthma. Future studies to elucidate the mechanisms between pediatric asthma and age at menarche are warranted.

Associations between pediatric asthma and age at menarche: evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Survey