Table 6.

Radius (cortical) BMC adjusted for i) arm lean mass and ii) height, arm lean and fat mass in males and females at each pubertal stage. Differences between successive pubertal stages for each gender and also gender differences at each pubertal stage are indicated.

	Radius BMC (mg/mm) adjusted for arm lean mass (g)				Radius BMC (mg/mm) adjusted for height, arm lean and fat masses (g)
	Males (mean (SE))	Females (mean (SE))	Mean Difference (SE)	P	Males (mean (SE))	Females (mean (SE))	Mean Difference (SE)	P
Pubertal stage 1	56.0 (1.5)	55.0 (1.5)	−1.0 ( 1.9	0.583	63.9 (1.5)	64.8 (1.6)	1.0 (1.6)	0.546
Pubertal stage 2	65.9 (1.8)A	62.0 (2.8)D	−3.9 (3.3)	0.241	64.8 (1.5)G	63.3 (2.4)	−1.5 (2.9)	0.605
Pubertal stage 3	73.3 (1.4)B	68.9 (1.9)E	−4.4 (2.4)	0.066	69.3 (1.3)H	65.5 (1.7)	−3.8 (2.1)	0.069
Pubertal stage 4	79.9 (2.6)C	74.9 (2.1)F	−5.0 (3.4)	0.137	74.1 (2.3)	68.0 (1.9)	−6.1 (3.0)	0.043
Pubertal stage 5	79.7 (2.9)	78.2 (1.8)	−1.5 (3.3)	0.656	72.0 (2.6)	71.0 (1.7)	−1.0 (3.0)	0.746
Muscle (per cm2)	-	-	0.0 (0.0)	<0.001	-	-	0.0 (0.0)	<0.001
Height (per cm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 (0.1)	<0.001
Fat (per g)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0 (0.0)	0.366
Interaction	-	-	-	0.717	-	-	-	0.201
Linear Interaction	-	-	-	0.559	-	-	-	0.144

^ASignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p<0.001,

^BSignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.002,

^CSignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.014,

^DSignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.024,

^ESignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.041,

^FSignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.032,

^GSignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.030,

^HSignificant difference compared to previous pubertal stage: p=0.043