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

Lisa L.Y. So

doi:10.2478/aoj-1995-0016

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

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

Volume 14 (1995): Issue 1 (October 1995)

By: Lisa L.Y. So

Open Access

|Jan 2024

Abstract

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.

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