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Table 2 Correlations for HD:SDS, first ejaculation, and menarche with age at attaining other pubertal milestones in boys and girls born 2000–2003, the Puberty Cohort, Denmark

From: Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index, smoking in pregnancy, and alcohol intake in pregnancy in relation to pubertal timing in the children

 

Correlations for HD:SDS

Correlations for first ejaculation (boys) and menarche (girls)

Pubertal milestones

No.a

Estimate

95% CI

No.

Estimate

95% CI

Boys

 Tanner Genital Stage 2

6175

−0.26

−0.29, − 0.22

7679

0.28

0.24, 0.31

 Tanner Genital Stage 3

6175

− 0.39

− 0.41, − 0.36

7679

0.36

0.32, 0.39

 Tanner Genital Stage 4

6175

−0.44

− 0.46, − 0.41

7679

0.38

0.35, 0.41

 Tanner Genital Stage 5

6175

−0.32

− 0.35, − 0.28

7679

0.28

0.24, 0.31

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 2

6179

−0.30

− 0.33, − 0.27

7679

0.30

0.26, 0.33

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 3

6179

−0.45

− 0.47, − 0.42

7679

0.37

0.34, 0.40

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 4

6179

−0.53

− 0.56, − 0.51

7679

0.41

0.38, 0.44

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 5

6179

−0.44

− 0.47, − 0.41

7679

0.37

0.34, 0.41

 Axillary Hair

6185

−0.39

− 0.42, − 0.36

7679

0.28

0.24, 0.31

 Acne

6185

−0.31

− 0.34, − 0.28

7679

0.28

0.24, 0.31

 Voice Break

6015

−0.34

− 0.37, − 0.31

7485

0.34

0.31, 0.37

 First Ejaculation

6171

−0.20

− 0.24, − 0.17

 

Ref

 

Girls

 Tanner Breast Stage 2

5866

−0.50

−0.54, − 0.47

8111

0.63

0.61, 0.66

 Tanner Breast Stage 3

5866

−0.53

− 0.55, − 0.50

8111

0.71

0.69, 0.72

 Tanner Breast Stage 4

5866

−0.45

−0.48, − 0.42

8111

0.65

0.63, 0.67

 Tanner Breast Stage 5

5866

−0.33

− 0.36, − 0.29

8111

0.46

0.43, 0.48

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 2

5867

−0.49

−0.52, − 0.46

8111

0.61

0.59, 0.64

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 3

5867

−0.48

− 0.50, − 0.45

8111

0.64

0.62, 0.66

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 4

5867

−0.37

− 0.40, − 0.34

8111

0.52

0.50, 0.55

 Tanner Pubic Hair Stage 5

5867

−0.30

− 0.34, − 0.27

8111

0.40

0.37, 0.43

 Axillary Hair

5870

−0.40

− 0.43, − 0.37

8111

0.48

0.45, 0.50

 Acne

5870

−0.30

− 0.33, − 0.27

8111

0.37

0.34, 0.40

 Menarche

5864

−0.53

− 0.55, − 0.51

 

Ref

 
  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, HD:SDS Height difference in standard deviations, Ref Reference
  2. aAs some boys and girls gave information on some but not all pubertal milestones, different number of observations were used for each outcome