Table 3 Mean absolute (in months) and standardized difference between bone age and chronological age in males and females with premature adrenarche, by BMI status.

From: Bone age evaluation in an ethnically diverse cohort of children with premature adrenarche

Sex

BMI percentiles

Difference

Mean ± SD

Standardized

Mean ± SD

Female

Total (n = 213)

12.36 ± 14.28

1.20 ± 1.39

 

<95th% (n = 133)

9.26 ± 12.68

0.89 ± 1.22

 

95th% (n = 80)

17.51 ± 15.35

1.72 ± 1.50

Male

Total (n = 83)

19.94 ± 14.26

2.19 ± 1.57

 

<95th% (n = 46)

17.65 ± 14.08

1.94 ± 1.54

 

95th% (n = 37)

22.78 ± 14.16

2.49 ± 1.564

P value

Sex effect

<0.001

0.001

 

BMI effect

0.001

<0.001

 

Interaction

0.391

0.450