title: A method to determine the likelihood of transition to puberty in a heterogeneous prepubertal age group.
abstract: A model based on pubertal status and age in normal healthy children that can be used to estimate the probability that a given child will enter or progress through puberty in a given period is presented. This model could also be used to estimate the proportion of children who would be expected to have changes in their pubertal status over a given period, for example, in an interventional trial of growth promoting agents.
authors: Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA. plee@psu.edu
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Frane
authors: George M
authors: GM
authors: Bright
authors: Peter A
authors: PA
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty