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. 2012 Mar 13;12:27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-27

Table 2.

Breast and pubic hair onset at baseline and by follow-up 4 (n = 213)

Number with breast/pubic hair onset
At baseline At follow-up 4
N n % n %

Breast Onset 213 11 5.2 164 77.0

By race/ethnicity

 African American 51 5 9.8 45 88.2

 Hispanic 50 4 8.0 40 80.0

 Asian 23 0 0.0 18 78.3

 White 88 2 2.3 61 69.3

 Other 1 0 0.0 0 0.0

By baseline weight

 Not overweight 149 3 2.0 108 72.5

 Overweighta 64 8 12.5 56 87.5

Pubic hair onset 213 15 7.0 146 68.5

By race/ethnicity

 African American 51 10 19.6 43 84.3

 Hispanic 50 2 4.0 38 76.0

 Asian 23 0 0.0 13 56.5

 White 88 3 3.4 52 59.1

 Other 1 0 0.0 0 0.0

By baseline weight

 Not overweight 149 6 4.0 96 64.4

 Overweighta 64 9 14.1 50 78.1

aBased on ≥ 85th percentile as established by the CDC