Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample at baseline, according to breast (girls) and pubic hair (boys) status, all available data.
Table 2.
Cross-sectional associations between pubertal status (continuous exposure coded 1 to 5) and depressive symptoms (continuous outcome) at age 14.5 in girls (N = 658) and boys (N = 511).
Table 3.
Longitudinal associations between pubertal status (continuous exposure variable coded 1 to 5) and depressive symptoms / diagnoses (outcome variable) in girls (N = 658) and boys (N = 511).
Longitudinal associations with depression diagnoses are presented for girls only (N = 586, those with lifetime depression diagnoses by the age of 14.5 excluded, N = 72).