Table 6 Descriptive statistics: Near Final Height vs. Adult Predicted Height measured in cm in 60 individual patients according to variables of interests.

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

Characteristics

Mean (SD) or N (%)

N

60

Biological sex (n, %)

Female 47 (78.3%)

Male 13 (21.7%)

NFH vs. APH

 

NFH < APH

22 (36.7%)

 Female (n = 14, 29.8% within sex)

 

 Male (n = 8, 61.5% within sex)

 

NFH > APH

38 (63.3%)

 Female (n = 33, 70.2% within sex)

 

 Male (n = 5, 38.5% within sex)

 

Mean NFH-APH (cm) by BMI percentiles

 

5 \(\le\) BMI < 85th% (n = 28, 46.7%)

−2.2 ± 7.56

85 \(\le\) BMI < 95th% (n = 11, 23.3%)

0.2 ± 6.65

BMI \(\ge\) 95th% (n = 19, 31.7%)

−0.62 ± 8.52

Mean NFH-APH (cm) by BMI percentiles and sex

 

5 BMI < 85th%

 

Female (n = 23)

−0.94 ± 6.65

Male (n = 5)

−7.93 ± 9.59

85 ≤ BMI < 95th%

 

Female (n = 11)

0.6 ± 5.78

Male (n = 3)

−1.23 ± 10.8

BMI ≥ 95th%

 

Female (n = 13)

3.56 ± 5.6

Male (n = 6)

−9.67 ± 6.48

Mean NFH-APH by race and ethnicity (n, %)

 

White (n = 18, 30.0%)

0.27 ± 5.1

Black or African-American (n = 12, 20.0%)

−2.67 ± 7.78

Hispanic or Latino (n = 14, 13.9%)

0.13 ± 7.53

Other (n = 16, 26.7%)

1.51 ± 5.6

  1. BMI Body mass index, NFH Near final height, APH Adult predicted height.