Table 2. Comparing the accuracy of Demirjian’s, Cameriere’s, Smith’s, and Willem’s methods using paired t-tests .
Age difference | Girls | Boys | Total | P |
(n = 273) | (n = 264) | (n = 537) | (Total) | |
Chronological age - Demirjian’s method | 0.85±0.98 | 0.90±1.01 | 0.87±1.00 | 0.000 |
Chronological age - Willem’s method | 0.31±0.91 | 0.43±0.82 | 0.36±0.87 | 0.000 |
Chronological age - Cameriere’s method | -0.11±0.87 | -0.27±0.85 | -0.19±0.86 | 0.000 |
Chronological age - Smith’s method | 0.00±0.81 | 0.12±0.83 | 0.06±0.63 | 0.079* |
Demirjian’s method - Willem’s method | 0.54±0.64 | 0.47±0.63 | 0.51±0.74 | 0.000 |
Demirjian’s method - Cameriere’s method | 0.96±0.75 | 1.17±0.72 | 1.06±0.74 | 0.000 |
Demirjian’s method - Smith’s method | 0.84±0.75 | 0.78±0.73 | 0.81±0.58 | 0.000 |
Willem’s method - Cameriere’s method | 0.42±0.62 | 0.70±0.50 | 0.55±0.53 | 0.000 |
Willem’s method - Smith’s method | 0.30±0.56 | 0.31±0.51 | 0.30±0.51 | 0.000 |
Cameriere’s method - Smith’s method | -0.12±0.62 | -0.38±0.55 | -0.25±0.60 | 0.000 |