Table 2. Post hoc comparison between groups with significant differences in the ANCOVA analysis for the maturational status variables and bone-related kinanthropometric variables.

Test	Groups comparation		Model
			Maturation group			Maturation group × Age
			Mean difference ± SD	p value	95% CI	Mean difference ± SD	p value	95% CI
Maturity offset (years)	E	A	1.16 ± 0.38	0.012	0.21 to 2.11	0.80 ± 0.12	<0.001	0.50 to 1.09
		E	L	1.55 ± 0.50	0.010	0.30 to 2.80	1.69 ± 0.16	<0.001	1.30 to 2.08
	A	L	0.39 ± 0.40	1.000	−0.61 to 1.39	0.89 ± 0.13	<0.001	0.58 to 1.21
APHV (years)	E	A	−0.76 ± 0.12	<0.001	−1.07 to −0.46	−0.80 ± 0.12	<0.001	−1.09 to −0.50
		E	L	−1.70 ± 0.16	<0.001	−2.09 to −1.30	−1.69 ± 0.16	<0.001	−2.07 to −1.30
	A	L	−0.93 ± 0.13	<0.001	−1.25 to −0.62	−0.89 ± 0.13	<0.001	−1.21 to -0.58
Body mass (Kg)	E	A	20.86 ± 3.84	<0.001	11.29 to 30.42	18.92 ± 3.39	<0.001	10.40 to 27.36
		E	L	30.75 ± 5.05	<0.001	18.19 to 43.31	31.50 ± 4.41	<0.001	20.52 to 42.48
	A	L	9.89 ± 4.06	0.057	−0.21 to 19.99	12.58 ± 3.61	0.003	3.59 to 21.56
Height (cm)	E	A	11.72 ± 2.97	0.001	4.34 to 19.11	9.91 ± 2.40	<0.001	3.94 to 15.89
		E	L	19.09 ± 3.90	<0.001	9.39 to 28.79	19.79 ± 3.12	<0.001	12.02 to 27.57
	A	L	7.36 ± 3.13	0.070	−0.43 to 15.16	9.87 ± 2.55	0.001	3.51 to 16.24
Arm span (cm)	E	A	12.91 ± 3.31	0.001	4.69 to 21.14	11.30 ± 2.95	0.001	3.96 to 18.64
		E	L	20.78 ± 4.34	<0.001	9.98 to 31.58	21.40 ± 3.83	<0.001	11.86 to 30.95
	A	L	7.86 ± 3.49	0.088	−0.82 to 16.54	10.10 ± 3.14	0.007	2.29 to 17.91
Sitting height (cm)	E	A	6.00 ± 1.50	0.001	2.26 to 9.73	4.77 ± 0.88	<0.001	2.57 to 6.98
		E	L	10.27 ± 1.97	<0.001	5.37 to 15.81	10.75 ± 1.15	<0.001	7.89 to 13.62
	A	L	4.27 ± 1.58	0.029	0.33 to 8.22	5.97 ± 0.94	<0.001	3.63 to 8.32
Upper limb length (cm)	E	A	5.50 ± 1.45	0.001	1.89 to 9.10	4.83 ± 1.31	0.002	1.56 to 8.11
		E	L	7.96 ± 1.90	<0.001	3.22 to 12.70	8.22 ± 1.71	<0.001	3.96 to 12.48
	A	L	2.46 ± 1.53	0.344	−1.34 to 6.27	3.38 ± 1.40	0.060	−0.10 to 6.87
Iliospinale height (cm)	E	A	8.08 ± 5.11	0.362	−4.62 to 20.79	6.10 ± 4.81	0.635	−5.88 to 18.08
		E	L	16.00 ± 6.71	0.064	−0.69 to 32.69	16.77 ± 6.26	0.031	1.20 to 32.35
	A	L	7.91 ± 5.39	0.448	−5.50 to 21.34	10.67 ± 5.12	0.129	−2.08 to 23.42
Biacromial breadth (cm)	E	A	3.99 ± 0.84	<0.001	1.90 to 6.08	3.45 ± 0.66	<0.001	1.82 to 5.10
		E	L	5.51 ± 1.10	<0.001	2.76 to 8.25	5.71 ± 0.86	<0.001	3.58 to 7.85
	A	L	1.51 ± 0.89	0.285	−0.69 to 3.72	2.26 ± 0.70	0.007	0.52 to 4.01
Biiliocrestal breadth (cm)	E	A	3.40 ± 0.63	<0.001	1.83 to 4.97	3.08 ± 0.55	<0.001	1.70 to 4.45
		E	L	4.53 ± 0.83	<0.001	2.47 to 6.58	4.65 ± 0.72	<0.001	2.87 to 6.44
	A	L	1.12 ± 0.67	0.293	−0.53 to 2.78	1.58 ± 0.59	0.031	0.11 to 3.04
Femur breadth (cm)	E	A	0.70 ± 0.17	<0.001	0.28 to 1.12	0.67 ±’.17	0.001	0.24 to 1.09
		E	L	1.27 ± 0.22	<0.001	0.72 to 1.82	1.28 ± 0.22	<0.001	0.73 to 1.83
	A	L	0.57 ± 0.18	0.007	0.13 to 1.01	0.62 ± 0.18	0.004	0.17 to 1.07
Humerus breadth (cm)	E	A	0.43 ± 0.14	0.010	0.08 to 0.78	0.37 ± 0.13	0.018	0.05 to 0.69
		E	L	0.71 ± 0.18	0.001	0.25 to 1.16	0.72 ± 0.17	<0.001	0.31 to 1.15
	A	L	0.27 ± 0.15	0.212	−0.09 to 0.64	0.36 ± 0.14	0.037	0.02 to 0.70
Bi-styloid breadth (cm)	E	A	0.16 ± 0.12	0.608	−0.14 to 0.46	0.12 ± 0.12	0.945	−0.17 to 0.41
		E	L	0.55 ± 0.16	0.004	0.15 to 0.95	0.56 ± 0.15	0.002	0.18 to 0.95
	A	L	0.39 ± 0.13	0.012	0.07 to 0.71	0.44 ± 0.13	0.003	0.13 to 0.76

Notes.

E

Early maturers

A

Average maturers

L

Late maturers