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<p>Correlation of stature and body weight and the eruption of permanent teeth with four sexual maturity criteria (menarche, pubic hair, axillary hair and breast development) was studied in 102 Southern Chinese girls aged between 11 years, 9 months and 12 years, 3 months and born and brought up in Hong Kong. With respect to all four selected criteria, the early sexual maturers were significantly taller and heavier and had more erupted permanent teeth with p values ranging from &lt;0.01 to &lt;0.001 levels than the late maturers.</p>
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Correlation of stature and body weight and the eruption of permanent teeth with four sexual maturity criteria (menarche, pubic hair, axillary hair and breast development) was studied in 102 Southern Chinese girls aged between 11 years, 9 months and 12 years, 3 months and born and brought up in Hong Kong. With respect to all four selected criteria, the early sexual maturers were significantly taller and heavier and had more erupted permanent teeth with p values ranging from <0.01 to <0.001 levels than the late maturers.

Correlation of Sexual Maturation with Stature and Body Weight &amp; Dental Maturation in Southern Chinese Girls

Lecturer in Orthodontics Department of Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics Faculty of Dentistry

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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Correlation of Sexual Maturation with Stature and Body Weight & Dental Maturation in Southern Chinese Girls

Correlation of stature and body weight and the eruption of permanent teeth with four sexual maturity criteria (menarche, pubic hair, axillary hair and breast...

Correlation of Sexual Maturation with Stature and Body Weight & Dental Maturation in Southern Chinese Girls

Publié en ligne: 17 janv. 2024

Pages: 18 - 20

Reçu: 01 févr. 1995

Accepté: 01 mai 1995

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1995-0016

Mots clés
Sexual characteristics, Stature, Weight, Dental eruption

© 1995 Lisa L.Y. So, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Correlation of Sexual Maturation with Stature and Body Weight & Dental Maturation in Southern Chinese Girls

Publié en ligne: 17 janv. 2024

Pages: 18 - 20

Reçu: 01 févr. 1995

Accepté: 01 mai 1995

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1995-0016

Mots clésSexual characteristics, Stature, Weight, Dental eruption

© 1995 Lisa L.Y. So, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Sexual characteristics, Stature, Weight, Dental eruption