Age (y) | Height SDS | Weight SDS | Body mass index SDS | Waist:hip ratio† | Subscapular skinfold SDS | Triceps skinfold SDS | Systolic blood pressure SDS | Diastolic blood pressure SDS | |
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Data shown as mean (95% CI). Significant differences comparing groups of puberty versus “prepubertal” group are indicated. | |||||||||
*The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. | |||||||||
**The mean difference is significant at the 0.005 level. | |||||||||
†Mean values were tested adjusted for one year age intervals (two way ANOVA). | |||||||||
Prepubertal | 8.6 (8.59 to 8.73) | −0.61 (−0.68 to −0.55) | −0.27 (−0.31 to −0.19) | 0.03 (−0.06 to 0.12) | 0.81 (0.81 to 0.81) | 0.13 (0.01 to 0.25) | 0.76 (0.65 to 0.87) | 0.90 (0.82 to 0.97) | 0.75 (0.65 to 0.81) |
Adrenarche | 9.6 (9.47 to 9.87)** | −0.51 (−0.77 to −0.25) | 0.09 (−0.25 to 0.43) | 0.45 (0.08 to 0.82) | 0.81 (0.79 to 0.82) | 0.99 (0.35 to 1.63)* | 1.48 (1.01 to 1.96)** | 1.01 (0.76 to 1.27) | 0.93 (0.70 to 1.17) |
Thelarche | 10.1 (10.03 to 10.24)** | −0.47 (−0.59 to −0.34) | −0.17 (−0.33 to 0.01) | 0.04 (−0.15 to 0.23) | 0.79 (0.79 to 0.80)** | 0.51 (0.24 to 0.77) | 1.16 (0.94 to 1.37)* | 1.13 (0.97 to 1.28) | 0.87 (0.75 to 1.00) |
“Pubertal” | 10.5 (10.45 to 10.65)** | −0.15 (−0.29 to −0.01)** | 0.30 (0.05 to 0.55)** | 0.39 (0.11 to 0.67)* | 0.79 (0.79 to 0.80)** | 0.84 (0.47 to 1.22)** | 1.27 (0.95 to 1.58)* | 1.36 (1.20 to 1.59)** | 0.95 (0.80 to 1.11) |