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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2016 May;27(3):438–448. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000456

Table 4.

Growth and development of participating girls, by breast cancer family history, LEGACY Girls Study, 2011 – 2015

Breast cancer in 1st degree relatives (N=220) Breast cancer in 2nd degree relatives only (N=313) No breast cancer in 1st or 2nd degree relatives (N=507)
N % a N % a N % a

Menarche status
 Pre-menarcheal 156 75 245 81 404 83
 Post-menarcheal 53 25 56 19 84 17
 Not reported 11 12 19
Age at menarche among post-menarcheal daughters (years)
 ≤9 5 5 2 4 4 4
 10 11 10 6 11 11 14
 11 34 31 14 26 27 33
 12 44 40 23 43 29 36
 13 14 13 7 13 8 10
 14 0 0 0 0 2 2
 15 1 1 1 2 0 0
 Not reported 1 0 3
Breast Tanner stage b
 T1 90 47 150 53 267 60
 T2 30 16 46 16 73 16
 T3 41 21 54 19 60 13
 T4 21 11 28 10 37 8
 T5 10 5 4 1 11 2
 Not reported 28 31 59
Pubic hair Tanner stage b
 T1 99 50 180 63 277 60
 T2 31 16 31 11 88 19
 T3 20 10 27 9 35 8
 T4 34 17 32 11 38 8
 T5 14 7 16 6 21 5
 Not reported 22 27 48
Height for age (percentiles) c
 <5th 1 0 10 3 21 4
 ≥5th to <85th 153 71 216 72 360 73
 ≥85th to <95th 36 17 42 14 59 12
 ≥95th 24 11 31 10 56 11
 Not available 1 14 11
 Not measured 0 12 8
Weight for age (percentiles) c
 <5th 6 3 11 4 30 6
 ≥5th to <85th 164 75 235 78 369 74
 ≥85th to <95th 31 14 24 8 53 11
 ≥95th 19 9 31 10 47 9
 Not available 0 12 8
Body mass index for age (percentiles) c
 <5th 24 11 20 7 39 8
 ≥5th to <85th 148 68 226 76 371 75
 ≥85th to <95th 29 13 28 9 51 10
 ≥95th 18 8 25 8 35 7
 Not available 1 14 11
Waist-to-hip ratio
 < 0.79 55 25 57 19 121 24
 0.80 – 0.83 63 29 89 30 147 30
 0.84 – 0.87 42 19 78 26 112 22
 ≥0.88 60 27 76 25 118 24
 Not measured 0 13 9
Percent body fat
 < 22.5 56 26 77 26 111 23
 22.5 – 27.4 57 26 76 26 122 25
 27.5 – 32.8 45 21 83 28 124 25
 ≥32.9 58 27 60 20 133 27
 Not measured 4 17 17
a

Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding. Girls with missing data were not included in percentages.

b

Assessed by the mother/guardian.