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. 2015 Jun 10;9(2):72–78. doi: 10.15171/joddd.2015.015

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