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Table 1 Anthropometric parameters of 2019 and 2020 patients referred for precocious puberty

From: “Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on early onset of puberty: experience of an Italian tertiary center”

 

2019

2020

p

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Total

Number

87

6

93

215

9

224

0.38*

Age (year)

7.51 ± 1.07

7.97 ± 2.80

7.54 ± 1.23

7.33 ± 0.86

8.14 ± 1.12

7.37 ± 8.79

0.151

Height (cm)

129.06 ± 9.2

128 ± 18.08

128.99 ± 9.84

126.96 ± 7.41

135 ± 11.28

127.28 ± 7.73

0.100

Height SDS

0.81 ± 1.11

0.35 ± 1.28

0.78 ± 1.12

0.63 ± 1.09

1.14 ± 1.33

0.65 ± 1.10

0.375

Weight (kg)

30.67 ± 7.77

28.97 ± 10.70

30.56 ± 7.93

28.27 ± 6.23

40.21 ± 15.38

28.75 ± 7.16

0.048

Weight SDS

1.05 ± 1.13

0.43 ± 1.69

1.01 ± 1.17

0.8 ± 1.07

1.66 ± 1.14

0.84 ± 1.09

0.211

BMI (kg/m2)

18.19 ± 3.02

17.35 ± 3.32

18.13 ± 3.03

17.39 ± 2.58

21.43 ± 5.63

17.55 ± 2.86

0.105

BMI SDS

1.24 ± 1.45

0.14 ± 1.81

1.18 ± 1.48

0.90 ± 1.34

2.09 ± 1.36

0.95 ± 1.36

0.186

  1. Legend: Anthropometric parameters are expressed as mean ± SD if not differently indicated. Independent Student’s t-test was used to compare means between 2019 and 2020 groups. Statistical differences between prevalences were assessed by Fisher’s exact test. *Difference in sex prevalence between 2019 and 2020 groups.