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. 2020 Aug;258:113058. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113058

Table 1.

Timing and tempo of puberty by migration scale.

n
Bangladeshi
1st Generation
2nd Generation
White British
p-trend p-value for 1st vs 2nd
162
40

159

48

Pubertal Timing Reference HR (95%CI) pairwise p HR (95%CI) pairwise p HR (95%CI) pairwise p
Adrenarche 1 2.6 (1.35.0) 0.005 0.9 (0.61.3) 0.557 1.0 (0.61.7) 0.868 0.707 0.007
Thelarche 1 2.0 (14.1) 0.047 1.6 (1.12.4) 0.01 2.6 (1.54.4) <0.001 0.0003 0.553
Pubarche 1 0.7 (0.41.5) 0.411 1.6 (1.02.4) 0.071 2.1 (1.13.7) 0.018 0.009 0.032
Menarche 1 1.8 (0.84) 0.183 1.4 (0.82.4) 0.245 0.9 (0.42.1) 0.792 0.637 0.559
Predicted Median Ages
Median Years
Median Years

Median Years

Median Years



Adrenarche 7.2 5.3 7.4 7.1
Thelarche 10.7 9.2 9.6 8.7
Pubarche 12.5 13.2 11.6 10.9
Menarche 12.5 11.8 12.1 12.6
Tempo
Duration in years, 95% CI
Duration in years, 95% CI

Duration in years, 95% CI

Duration in years, 95% CI



Juvenile Tempo (Adrenarche to Thelarche) 3.5 (2.84.2) 3.9 (-2.610.4) 2.2 (13.4) 1.6 (-0.9–4.1)
Pubertal Tempo (Thelarche to menarche) 1.8 (1.12.5) 2.6 (-4.69.8) 2.5 (1.83.2) 3.9 (-3.9–7.8)