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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2012 Oct;77(4):555–563. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04393.x

Table 2a.

Smoothed Percentiles for Luteinizing Hormone for Peri-pubertal US Girls Ages 6.00-11.99 (N=705) Using the 2-part Model

Age, y Luteinizing hormone (mIU/ml)
Smoothed Prob. of Exceeding LOD Coefficient of Variation Smoothed Percentiles
10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
6.00-6.49 0.09 1.43 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
6.50-6.99 0.33 1.43 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.12 0.51
7.00-7.49 0.41 1.43 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.22 0.78
7.50-7.99 0.42 1.42 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.31 1.06
8.00-8.49 0.42 1.42 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.38 1.34
8.50-8.99 0.4 1.39 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.37 1.32
9.00-9.49 0.38 1.34 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.30 1.10
9.50-9.99 0.38 1.27 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.32 1.08
10.00-10.49 0.44 1.21 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.56 1.54
10.50-10.99 0.59 1.15 <0.05 <0.05 0.30 1.32 2.82
11.00-11.49 0.79 1.11 <0.05 0.16 1.07 2.56 4.59
11.50-11.99 0.90 1.08 <0.05 0.60 1.80 3.70 6.15

The coefficients of variation only apply to the data above the LOD.