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The 3 predictions at chronological ages (CA) 9 to 16 years were compared with adult height in 57 children. In normal boys (n = 15), R and T were most accurate from 9 to 12 years CA (mean prediction error -2.0 to 1.9 cm) and BP overestimated at 9 years (4.6 cm). In normal girls (n = 16), the 3 methods were about equal (−2.8 to 1.5 cm). In tall stature (4 m, 4 f), R and T were better than BP. In precocious puberty (4 m, 3 f), BP was accurate (1.8cm), but R and T grossly overestimated at 10 years CA (20.9 and 27.5 cm). In Turner's syndrome (4 f), all overestimated at 9 years, R and T more (11.3 and 8.7 cm) than BP (2.2 cm). The same was found in primordial dwarfism (4 f) and Russell-Silver syndrome (3 m). It is concluded that R and T give better overall results, if bone age does not deviate more than about ± 2 years from CA. In conditions with larger differences, BP is more accurate.
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Sobradillo, B., Zachmann, M., Frank, M. et al. Bayley-Pinneau (BP), Roche (R) and Tanner (T) height predictions in various conditions. Pediatr Res 12, 151 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197802000-00029
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