Comparison of physician- and self-assessed pubertal onset in Japanese children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physical examinations to assess pubertal development are challenging in large epidemiological surveys. This study aimed to assess the reliability of judgment of pubertal onset in Japanese children by the original pubertal self-assessment sheet.

Methods

A total of 144 children aged 10 or 12 years were recruited between March 2019 and September 2020 from the pediatric endocrine outpatient clinics of participating institutions. Agreement between the physician- and participantassessed pubertal onsets was determined using unweighted kappa (UK) and Gwet's agreement coefficient (AC1).

Results

The physician's assessment of pubertal onset was in slight agreement with that of the self-assessment sheet in 10-year-old boys (UK: 0.23 and AC1: 0.14), whereas the agreem

SUBMITTER: Saito-Abe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070871 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature