Table 2.
Median ages in sexual maturity stages of boys according to excess weight classification
| Stages |
Genitalia |
Pubic hair |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Without excess weight |
With excess weight |
p
§
|
Without excess weight |
With excess weight |
p
§
|
|
|
Median (p25–p75)* |
Median (p25–p75) |
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| Age (years) | Age (years) | |||||
| 1 |
8.8 |
8.6 |
0.55 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
0.32 |
| (7.8–10.2) |
(7.6–9.8) |
(7.8–10.2) |
(7.8–9.8) |
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| 2 |
10.8 |
10.5 |
0.27 |
11.3 |
10.8 |
0.008 |
| (9.5–12.0) |
(9.3–11.7) |
(10.0–12.2) |
(9.5–11.8) |
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| 3 |
12.6 |
12.3 |
0.06 |
12.7 |
12.3 |
0.36 |
| (11.9–13.5) |
(11.3–13.3) |
(11.9–13.4) |
(11.5–13.4) |
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| 4 |
13.7 |
13.3 |
0.01 |
13.8 |
13.3 |
<0.001 |
| (12.8–14.3) |
(12.8–13.8) |
(13.2–14.4) |
(12.7–13.8) |
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| 5 | 14.0 |
13.7 |
0.2 | 14.2 |
13.9 |
0.09 |
| (13.2–14.4) | (12.8–14.3) | (13.7–14.4) | (13.2–14.2) | |||
* p25 and p75: percentiles 25 and 75, respectively.
§ Mann–Whitney test. Brazil, 2007.