Auxological parameters in 89 children with precocious pubarche according to their weight status, gestation, and birth weight
| Whole group n = 89 | Weight status | Gestation | Birth weight | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight/obese n = 58 | Normal n = 31 | Premature (<37/40) n = 20 | Term n = 64 | SGA n = 28 | AGA n = 53 | ||
| †Mean (95%CI), ‡median [range]. | |||||||
| *p<0.05, **p⩽0.01, ***p⩽0.001. | |||||||
| Age‡ | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.7** | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| [2.7−8.6] | [2.7−8.6] | [2.7−8.5] | [4.1−8.5] | [2.7−8.6] | [2.7−8.6] | [2.8−8.4] | |
| Weight SDS† | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.0*** | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| (1.3 to 2.0) | (2.2 to 2.9) | (−0.3 to 0.3) | (−0.1 to 1.2) | (1.6 to 2.4) | (0.7 to 2.1) | (1.4 to 2.3) | |
| BMI SDS† | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.8** | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| (1.9 to 2.9) | (3.2 to 4.2) | (−0.3 to 0.4) | (0.2 to 2.2) | (2.2 to 3.4) | (1.3 to 3.2) | (1.9 to 3.2) | |
| % overweight/obese (n) | 65% | 40% | 72%** | 57% | 68% | ||
| (58) | (8) | (46) | (16) | (36) | |||
| Gestational age‡ | 39 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 40 | 39 | 39 |
| [25−42] | [25−42] | [29−42] | [25–36] | [37−40] | [25−42] | [25−42] | |
| % premature (n) | 24% | 15% | 40%** | 18% | 28% | ||
| (20) | (8) | (12) | (5) | (15) | |||
| Birth weight SDS† | −0.4 | −0.2 | −0.8* | −0.7 | −0.3 | −1.4 | 0.1 |
| (−0.7 to −0.2) | (−0.5 to 0.1) | (−1.1 to −0.4) | (−1.2 to −0.3) | (−0.6 to 0.0) | (−1.8 to −1.1) | (−0.1 to 0.3) | |
| % SGA (n) | 35% | 31% | 41% | 25% | 38% | ||
| (28) | (16) | (12) | (5) | (23/61) | |||
| Gain in weight SDS† | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.7*** | 1.3 | 2.3* | 2.8 | 1.7** |
| (1.7 to 2.4) | (2.3 to 3.1) | (0.3 to 1.1) | (0.7 to 1.9) | (1.9 to 2.7) | (2.2 to 3.4) | (1.3 to 2.2) | |
| % normal weight+ | 12% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Term + AGA (n) | (11) | ||||||