Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for major study variables by sex.

	Males (n=231)	Females (n=206)	Overall (N=437)
Age 9 assessment	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	9.27 (.40)	9.27 (.47)	9.27 (.43)
PDS	6.60 (1.47)	7.62 (1.84)	7.08 (1.73)
BMI	18.05 (3.32)	18.42 (3.75)	18.23 (3.53)
Cortisol (ug/dL)
Day 1	.34 (.18)	.36 (.21)	.35 (.19)
Day 2	.32 (.18)	.37 (.17)	.34 (.18)
Day 3	.34 (.20)	.37 (.21)	.36 (.20)
DHEA (pg/mL)
Day 1	98.57 (132.36)	103.89 (138.60)	101.12 (135.22)
Day 2	82.16 (104.32)	108.24 (129.02)	94.57 (117.28)
Day 3	81.62 (101.87)	106.44 (149.42)	93.08 (126.49)
Testosterone (pg/mL)
Day 1	26.65 (11.26)	30.09 (13.20)	28.29 (12.32)
Day 2	26.42 (11.42)	31.30 (13.71)	28.72 (12.77)
Day 3	25.65 (10.80)	29.93 (13.71)	27.63 (12.40)
Age 12 assessment
Age (years)	12.71 (.42)	12.65 (.45)	12.68 (.44)
PDS	9.66 (3.06)	12.67 (2.54)	11.07 (3.20)
BMI	20.53 (4.64)	21.21 (4.50)	20.85 (4.58)
Cortisol (ug/dL)
Week 1	.39 (.16)	.48 (.20)	.43 (.18)
Week 2	.41 (.19)	.47 (.22)	.44 (.20)
Week 3	.39 (.19)	.48 (.23)	.43 (.21)
Week 4*	--	.45 (.23)	--
DHEA (pg/mL)
Week 1	146.44 (105.51)	209.52 (136.63)	176.01 (124.96)
Week 2	143.18 (91.57)	184.05 (112.58)	162.15 (103.74)
Week 3	132.09 (78.68)	188.04 (119.52)	158.29 (103.60)
Week 4*	--	236.48 (189.77)	--
Testosterone (pg/mL)
Week 1	87.53 (45.06)	70.75 (27.96)	79.72 (38.94)
Week 2	89.10 (43.84)	65.91 (24.73)	78.43 (38.07)
Week 3	89.94 (43.39)	67.04 (24.83)	79.33 (37.73)
Week 4*	--	66.21 (24.58)	--

Note. PDS = Pubertal Development Scale; BMI = body mass index.

^*Week 4 saliva was only collected from females; therefore, only averages for the female portion of the sample are included.

Values above represent non-transformed hormone values.