The tempo and timing of puberty: associations with early adolescent weight gain and body composition over three years

Hoi Lun Chenga Academic Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia;b Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]

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Matthew Behanc School of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Orange, AustraliaView further author information

Amy Zhanga Academic Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia;b Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead, AustraliaView further author information

Frances Gardend South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia;e Department of Respiratory, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, AustraliaView further author information

Ben Balzera Academic Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia;f School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, AustraliaView further author information

Georgina Luscombec School of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Orange, AustraliaView further author information

Catherine Hawkec School of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Orange, AustraliaView further author information

Karen Paxtonc School of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Orange, AustraliaView further author information

Katharine Steinbecka Academic Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia;b Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead, AustraliaView further author information

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Table 1. Baseline characteristics of ARCHER participants who were included versus excluded from the pubertal timing and tempo analysis.

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Figure 1. Bivariate correlations between pubertal timing and pubertal tempo parameters derived from non-linear modelling of height and Tanner stage change. (a) Timing and tempo of height change as represented by the age at peak height velocity and absolute peak height velocity, respectively. (b) Timing and tempo of Tanner stage change as represented by age and slope at breast/genital stage 3, respectively. APHV, age at peak height velocity; B3, Tanner breast stage 3; G3, Tanner genital stage 3; PHV, peak height velocity; r_s, Spearman’s rho.

Table 2. Mixed-effects models assessing anthropometric and body composition change in relation to the timing and tempo of the height growth spurt.

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Table 3. Mixed-effects models assessing anthropometric and body composition change in relation to the timing and tempo of Tanner stage change.

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The tempo and timing of puberty: associations with early adolescent weight gain and body composition over three years

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of ARCHER participants who were included versus excluded from the pubertal timing and tempo analysis.

Table 2. Mixed-effects models assessing anthropometric and body composition change in relation to the timing and tempo of the height growth spurt.

Table 3. Mixed-effects models assessing anthropometric and body composition change in relation to the timing and tempo of Tanner stage change.

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The tempo and timing of puberty: associations with early adolescent weight gain and body composition over three years

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Table 1. Baseline characteristics of ARCHER participants who were included versus excluded from the pubertal timing and tempo analysis.

Table 2. Mixed-effects models assessing anthropometric and body composition change in relation to the timing and tempo of the height growth spurt.

Table 3. Mixed-effects models assessing anthropometric and body composition change in relation to the timing and tempo of Tanner stage change.

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