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. 2023 Apr 14;137(4):1117–1146. doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-02960-z

Table 5.

Evaluation of the Demirjian et al.’s method [13] and revisited Demirjian’s method [99]. When two values are given, they correspond to the metrics obtained on males/females

Evaluation work Population n Age E (DA-CA) AE (|DA-CA|) SE R2
μ σ med. μ σ med.
Gelbrich et al. [89] German 500 6–16 + 0.11 0.97
Berkvens et al. [64] Canadian 361 8–30 0.87
Hedge et al. [92] Indian 1200 5–15 + 0.19/+ 0.11 0.80/0.81
Melo and Ata-Ali [93] Spanish 2541 7–21 + 0.99/ + 0.72 0.39/0.56
Yassin et al. [96] Saudi 627 5–12 + 0.37/ + 0.69 1.49/1.17
Amanullah et al. [100] Pakistani 300 9–26 0.64/0.60
Duangto et al. [101] Thai 1134 5–15 + 0.11/ + 0.10 0.87/0.73
Cavrić et al. [102] Motswana 1760 6–23 + 1.25/ + 0.72 1.11/1.02 1.36/0.96 0.96/0.80
Chiam et al. [103] Australian 230 2–15 − 0.24/ + 0.04 0.84/0.82
Bunyarit et al. [104] Malaysian 1236 5–16 + 0.05/+ 0.04 0.83/0.89 1.24
Alsaffar et al. [105] Maltese 200 4–26 + 0.02/− 0.02
Saade et al. [106] Lebanese 260 8–17 + 0.74/ + 0.86 1.38/1.04
Kelmendi et al. [107] Kosovar 1022 5–14 + 0.20/+ 0.43 0.80/0.76 0.65/0.67 0.51/0.56
Almotairy et al. [108] Sweedish 107 9–11 + 1.08 0.84
Agrawal et al. [109] British 150 8–19 + 1.51/ + 2.13 0.96/1.35
Esan et al. [110] South African 540 5–16 + 0.85/ + 1.00 1.10/1.10
Sobieska et al. [111] Polish 1002 4–17 − 0.32
Nemsi et al. [112] Tunisian 500 5–15 − 0.38 0.93 0.77 0.64
Al-Balushi et al. [113] Omani 485 4–17 + 0.10/ + 0.05
Kumagai et al. [114] Japanese 256 4–20 + 0.09/+ 0.07 1.07/1.00
Liu et al. [115] Chinese 2519 8–23 − 0.02 0.13 2.03 0.74
Khdairi et al. [116] German 1260 5–17 + 0.27/ + 0.41 0.87/0.84
Metsäniitty et al. [117] Somali 803 3–23 + 0.26/+ 0.29 1.03/1.11
Ozveren et al.[118] Turkish 766 6–15 + 1.04/ + 0.87 0.95/0.92
Lopes et al. [119] Brazilian 403 7–13 + 1.49/ + 1.47
Birchler et al. [120] Finnish 100 6–15 + 0.34 0.87 + 0.32
Ranasinghe et al. [121] Sri Lankan 688 8–17 + 0.19 0.87 0.70 0.55
Kermani et al. [122] Iranian 158 5–13 + 0.67/ + 1.44 0.92/0.88 - 0.86/1.48 0.75/0.81
Ginzelova et al. [123] Czech 579 3–16 + 0.06 1.60
Alqadi et al. [124] Yemeni 357 8–16 − 0.58 1.25 - - - - - 0.71/0.78
Moness et al. [125] Egyptian 160 3–10 + 0.47/ + 0.33
Shen et al. [126] Taiwanese 799 8–16 + 0.12/ + 0.21 0.80/0.95
Memorando [127] Filipino 384 9–23 1.05/1.06
Pinchi et al. [128] Italian 752 3–16 + 0.41 0.88 0.67
Subedi et al. [129] Nepalese 352 5–23 + 0.01/ + 0.00 1.02/1.23 0.86/1.42 0.94/0.89
Galibourg et al. [130] French 3570 2–24 + 0.71 0.07 1.11 0.05 0.82
Karimi et al. [131] Kuwaiti 1393 3–26 − 0.14/ + 0.33 1.23/0.84
Rodríguez et al. [132] Mexican 182 6–15 + 0.70/ + 0.51 1.00/1.06
Jayaraman et al. [133] American 600 6–17 − 0.04/− 0.07 0.51/0.41
(Hispanic)
Shi et al. [134] Tibetan 1951 4-15 − 0.46/− 0.48 1.09/1.04 0.96/0.96