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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2008 May;21(5):439–448. doi: 10.1515/jpem.2008.21.5.439

TABLE 3.

Descriptive statistics for psychological measures for girls with premature adrenarche (PA) and on-time adrenarche

PA (n = 40) On-time (n = 36)
Children’s Depression Inventory (total raw) 8.7 ± 9.1 6.0 ± 4.5
State anxiety (t-score) 47.6± 10.2 49.7 ± 7.9
Trait anxiety (t-score) 48.1 ± 11.9 46.5 ± 12.8
Relational aggression 9.6 ± 3.8 9.4 ± 2.9
TRF externalizing 52.0± 10.1 47.9 ± 6.8
TRF internalizing 48.5 ± 10.8 47.0 ± 10.4
Total score 48.9 ± 12.6 46.7 ± 9.3
DISC symptom count
Agoraphobia O.18±O.45 0.03 ± 0.18
GAD 3.08 ± 2.38** 1.59 ± 1.74
OCD 0.48 ± 0.91** 0.03±0.l8
Panic 0.31 ± 0.49 0. 13±0.71
PTSD 0.55 ± 1.29 0.34 ± 1.62
Separation anxiety 3.13 ± 2.43* 1.77 ± 1.93
Social phobia 2.25 ± 3.67* 0.72 ± 1.76
Specific phobia 1.40± 1.13** 0.59 ± 0.S4
MDD 4.93±3.71*** 2.09± 1.91
ADHD 5.10±4.87* 2.59 ± 3.23
CD 1.43 ± 2.01 0.78± 1.10
ODD 6.45 ± 3.07* 4.59 ± 3.10
*

p ≤0.05

**

P ≤0.01

***

P ≤0.001.

TRF = Teacher report form; DISC = Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; OCD = obsessive compulsive disorder; PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder; MOD = major depressive disorder; ADHD = allention deficit hyperactivity disorder; CD = conduct disorder; ODD = oppositional defiant disorder.