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. 2021 Feb 18;11:549928. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.549928

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
  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.