Table 4.
Summary of sociodemographic variables for each Pubertal Development Scale derived categorical stage of perceived puberty based on caregiver report for females and males.
Male | Female | |||||||||
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Pre | Early | Mid | Late | Post | Pre | Early | Mid | Late | Post | |
N | 4,140 | 1,422 | 314 | 29 | 4 | 1,664 | 1,278 | 2,328 | 138 | 6 |
Age (in months) | 118.5 ± 7.43 | 120.5 ± 7.37 | 120.4 ± 7.25 | 122.1 ± 7.09 | 122.8 ± 8.18 | 115.9 ± 6.67 | 118.7 ± 7.39 | 120.5 ± 7.30 | 125.3 ± 5.37 | 126.8 ± 3.25 |
Weight Status | ||||||||||
Healthy Weight | 73.8% | 21.6% | 4.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 38.4% | 24.3% | 35.9% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
Underweight | 79.4% | 18.6% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 58.5% | 21.4% | 20.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Overweight | 65.2% | 27.7% | 6.2% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 13.6% | 25.0% | 55.8% | 5.5% | 0.1% |
Obese | 58.3% | 31.2% | 9.4% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 8.1% | 20.1% | 66.2% | 5.0% | 0.6% |
Race/Ethinicity | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 64.6% | 26.8% | 7.9% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 26.7% | 26.8% | 42.0% | 4.3% | 0.2% |
White | 78.9% | 19.4% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 38.4% | 26.5% | 34.3% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
Black | 41.4% | 39.6% | 16.7% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 10.4% | 9.8% | 73.5% | 5.8% | 0.5% |
Asian | 73.7% | 23.7% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36.6% | 32.5% | 29.3% | 1.6% | 0.0% |
Other | 70.3% | 23.2% | 6.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 27.9% | 21.6% | 47.8% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
Highest Education | ||||||||||
< HS Diploma | 57.7% | 28.0% | 11.0% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 18.1% | 24.3% | 52.1% | 5.0% | 0.4% |
HS Diploma/GED | 55.7% | 27.4% | 15.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 17.9% | 18.3% | 58.0% | 5.6% | 0.2% |
Some College | 62.8% | 28.1% | 8.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 22.3% | 19.2% | 54.6% | 3.6% | 0.2% |
Bachelor | 74.2% | 22.6% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 34.7% | 26.3% | 37.0% | 1.9% | 0.1% |
Post Graduate Degree | 77.4% | 20.7% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 38.9% | 26.2% | 33.9% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
Family Income | ||||||||||
<50K | 58.5% | 30.4% | 9.9% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 18.9% | 19.5% | 56.3% | 4.9% | 0.3% |
≥50K & <100K | 71.7% | 23.1% | 4.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 31.8% | 23.7% | 42.2% | 2.3% | 0.0% |
≥100K | 78.0% | 20.1% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 39.5% | 26.7% | 32.8% | 1.1% | 0.0% |
Mean and SD for age, and percentage of each categorical outcome across the 5 pubertal stages.