TABLE 5.

Pubertal status of Gambian boys and girls by study year and supplement group¹

		Genital or breast stage(calcium group, placebo group)2					Pubic hair stage(calcium group, placebo group)2
Time point	n(calcium group, placebo group )	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
		% of participants					% of participants
Boys
Y1	40, 40	90, 80	10, 20	0, 0	0, 0	0, 0	100, 98	0, 3	0, 0	0, 0	0, 0
Y2	40, 40	70, 68	25, 23	5, 10	0, 0	0, 0	95, 95	5, 1	5, 1	0, 0	0, 0
Y3	40, 40	53, 58	35, 23	10, 18	3, 3	0, 0	83, 85	15, 13	0, 0	0, 0	0, 0
Y4	40, 40	53, 60	25, 25	13, 8	10, 8	0, 0	60, 65	30, 23	5, 5	8, 8	0, 0
Y6	36, 37	8, 14	31, 32	33, 22	19, 19	8, 14	22, 30	25, 24	19, 19	28, 19	7, 8
Girls
Y1	40, 40	80, 93	15, 8	5, 0	0, 0	0, 0	80, 85	15, 13	5, 3	0, 0	0, 0
Y2	40, 39	73, 85	8, 10	15, 3	5, 3	0, 0	70, 82	13, 13	13, 3	5, 3	0, 0
Y3	40, 40	48, 65	25, 15	13, 18	15, 3	0, 0	63, 75	15, 10	13, 10	8, 5	3, 0
Y4	38, 40	21, 25	37, 38	16, 18	13, 15	13, 5	49, 47	22, 32	16, 13	14, 8	0, 0
Y6	37, 38	6, 0	6, 5	8, 16	53, 50	28, 29	14, 0	6, 16	28, 41	36, 30	17, 14
Y8	38, 33	0, 0	0, 0	11, 6	29, 24	58, 70	0, 0	6, 0	6, 12	30, 35	52, 54

¹Y1, baseline; Y2–8, the year of follow-up relative to Y1.

²The data are the percentage of participants assessed in the calcium and placebo groups in each Tanner stage.