TABLE 4.

Descriptive statistics for the t-scores of the Child Behavior Checklist in girls with premature adrenarche (PA) and on-time adrenarche

	PA (n =40)	On-time (n = 36)	Effect size
Subscales
Withdrawn	53.1 ± 5.6	52.1 ± 4.6	0.17
Somatic complaints	56.8 ± 7.2	54.1 ± 5.4	0.39
Anxious/depressed	54.2 ± 5.3*	51.8±3.4	0.51
Social problems	55.2 ± 7.3*	51.8±4.6	0.54
Thought problems	52.0 ± 4.8	50.7 ± 2.3	0.31
Attention problems	53.8 ± 5.8	52.2 ± 4.8	0.29
Delinquent behavior	53.7 ± 5.0	52.6 ± 5.7	0.25
Aggressive behavior	54.0 ± 5.4*	51.5 ± 3.2	0.64
Broad band scores
Internalizing	50.7 ± 10.5*	46.1 ± 9.0	0.67
Externalizing	50.3 ± 9.0*	45.0 ± 8.7	0.45
Total score	50.0 ± 11.2**	4l.S ± 14.3	0.57

^*p ≤0.05

^**p ≤0.01.