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Table 2 Breast and pubic hair onset at baseline and by follow-up 4 (n = 213)

From: Does neighborhood environment influence girls' pubertal onset? findings from a cohort study

  

Number with breast/pubic hair onset

  

At baseline

At follow-up 4

 

N

n

%

n

%

Breast Onset

213

11

5.2

164

77.0

   By race/ethnicity

     

   African American

51

5

9.8

45

88.2

   Hispanic

50

4

8.0

40

80.0

   Asian

23

0

0.0

18

78.3

   White

88

2

2.3

61

69.3

   Other

1

0

0.0

0

0.0

   By baseline weight

     

   Not overweight

149

3

2.0

108

72.5

   Overweighta

64

8

12.5

56

87.5

Pubic hair onset

213

15

7.0

146

68.5

   By race/ethnicity

     

   African American

51

10

19.6

43

84.3

   Hispanic

50

2

4.0

38

76.0

   Asian

23

0

0.0

13

56.5

   White

88

3

3.4

52

59.1

   Other

1

0

0.0

0

0.0

   By baseline weight

     

   Not overweight

149

6

4.0

96

64.4

   Overweighta

64

9

14.1

50

78.1

  1. aBased on ≥ 85th percentile as established by the CDC