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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 Apr 21;186:172–178.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.03.050

Table 6.

online. Cross Tabulation and Percent Agreement of Self-Assessed vs. Physician-Assessed Tanner Staging (Girls n=131, Boys n=114).

Girls: Tanner Staging for Breast Development
Physician % Agreement
Self 1 2 3 4 5 Total Exact ±1 Stage
1 58 2 1 0 0 61 67.4 96.5
2 25 15 3 0 0 43 75.0 100
3 3 3 10 3 0 19 55.6 94.4
4 0 0 4 3 0 7 42.9 100
5 0 0 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a
Total 86 20 18 7 0 131 65.6 96.9

Girls: Tanner Staging for Pubic Hair Development
Physician % Agreement
Self 1 2 3 4 5 Total Exact ±1 Stage

1 90 0 0 0 0 90 92.8 100
2 7 12 0 0 0 19 54.5 100
3 0 10 7 1 0 18 77.8 100
4 0 0 2 1 1 4 50.0 100
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Total 97 22 9 2 1 131 84.0 100

Boys: Tanner Staging for Genital Development
Physician % Agreement
Self 1 2 3 4 5 Total Exact ±1 Stage

1 12 4 0 0 0 16 21.4 76.8
2 31 16 4 0 0 51 37.2 74.4
3 10 12 3 2 0 27 30.0 90
4 3 6 2 2 0 13 40.0 100
5 0 5 1 1 0 7 n/a n/a
Total 56 43 10 5 0 114 28.9 78.1

Boys: Tanner Staging for Pubic Hair Development
Physician % Agreement
Self 1 2 3 4 5 Total Exact ±1 Stage

1 86 1 0 0 0 87 92.5 100
2 7 9 1 0 0 17 52.9 88.2
3 0 5 0 1 0 6 0.0 100
4 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.0 100
5 0 1 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a
Total 93 17 3 1 0 114 83.3 98.2