Insight into human pubertal growth by applying the QEPS growth model

Holmgren, Anton; Niklasson, Aimon; Gelander, Lars; Aronson, A. Stefan; Nierop, Andreas F.M.; Albertsson-Wikland, Kerstin

doi:10.1186/s12887-017-0857-1

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Estimated heights and pubertal gains in cm

From: Insight into human pubertal growth by applying the QEPS growth model

	N	Mean	Median	SD	Max	Min
Girls:
Onset of puberty
Height at Tonset, age at minimum height velocity of the T-function^a	1129	136.15	135.87	7.78	160.45	111.52
Height at AgeP1, age at 1% of the P-function^b	1139	133.34	133.34	7.09	155.41	110.94
Height at AgeP5, age at 5% of the P-function	1139	139.47	139.36	6.91	160.72	116.45
Mid puberty
Height at AgeTPHV, PHV^c of the T-function	1129	152.37	152.32	6.15	169.62	130.45
Height at P50, age at 50% of the P-function	1139	154.29	154.07	6.25	171.68	131.92
End of puberty
Height at AgeP95, age at 95% of the P-function	1139	165.81	165.77	6.04	181.91	144.26
Height at AgeP99, age at 99% of the P-function	1139	166.98	167.02	6.04	183.09	145.41
Height at Tend, age where the height velocity has decreased to 1 cm/year	1139	166.24	166.24	6.05	182.39	144.65
Adult height (AH)	1139	167.66	167.6	6.06	183.7	146.5
Height gain
Growth in height between AgeP5 and AgeP95	1139	26.34	26.35	3.81	37.86	12.98
Growth in height between AgeP1 and AgeP99	1139	33.64	33.57	4.56	47.33	18.62
Growth in height between Tonset and Tend	1129	30.09	30.14	5.18	45.56	11.79
Growth in height between Tonset and AH	1129	31.51	31.54	5.34	46.86	12.73
Boys:
Onset of puberty
Height at Tonset, age at minimum height velocity of the T-function	1141	144.60	144.28	7.45	168.17	116.45
Height at AgeP1, age at 1% of the P-function	1141	144.53	144.17	7.03	166.56	117.83
Height at AgeP5, age at 5% of the P-function	1141	149.76	149.36	6.97	170.80	122.56
Mid puberty
Height at AgeTPHV, PHV of the T-function	1141	163.74	163.40	6.54	182.12	138.82
Height at P50, age at 50% of the P-function	1141	165.03	164.67	6.58	183.59	140.06
End of puberty
Height at AgeP95, age at 95% of the P-function	1141	178.75	178.50	6.59	199.06	155.64
Height at AgeP99, age at 99% of the P-function	1141	180.15	179.85	6.62	200.77	157.01
Height at Tend, age where the height velocity has decreased to 1 cm/year	1141	179.62	179.35	6.62	200.29	156.49
Adult height (AH)	1141	180.69	180.4	6.63	201.7	157.3
Height gain
Growth in height between AgeP5 and AgeP95	1141	29.00	28.97	3.64	40.17	16.68
Growth in height between AgeP1 and AgeP99	1141	35.62	35.55	4.26	49.39	22.17
Growth in height between Tonset and Tend	1141	35.02	35.08	4.74	48.61	16.41
Growth in height between Tonset and AH	1141	36.09	36.10	4.89	51.39	17.16

^aTotal height function in cm; T(age) = Q(age) + E(age) + P(age) – S(age), ^bQuadratic logistic function describing the pubertal growth spurt P(age) in cm. ^cPeak height velocity

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