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Table 1 Summary characteristics of studies and participants

From: Dose inhibin B or anti-Müllerian hormone relate to precocious puberty in girls? result of a systematic review and meta-analysis

No.

Study

Region

Study design

Sample size (n)

Chronological Age(y)

Bone Age

BA-CA of cases (mean, y)

Duration (y)

Tanner stage

Drug used

Measuring method of AMH/ INHB

Primary conclusion

Cases

Control

Cases

Control

Cases

Control

Cases

Control

1.

Crofton

(2005) [32]

United Kingdom

(Oxford)

cross-sectional study

24

(PT11,

CPP13)

11

5.18±3.24

2.40±2.46

NA

NA

NA

NA

II

I

No

Doubleantibody ELISA

INHB increased in PT, remained unchanged in CPP

2.

Utriainen

(2010) [33]

Finland

(Kuopio)

cross-sectional study

PA

52

48

7.47±0.91

7.38±0.79

NA

NA

NA

NA

I

I

No

ELISA (Diagnostic Systems Laboratories Inc., Webster, Tex., USA)

AMH decreased in PA

3.

Sahin

(2015) [34]

Turkey

(Ankara)

cross-sectional study

65

(PT37,

CPP28)

25

7.44±0.82

7.64±1.86

8.14±1.73

NA

0.7

PT

CPP

PT

CPP

No

ELISA (Immunotech, Beckman Coulter Inc., Brea, CA, USA)

AMH remained unchanged in CPP and PT

2.11±2.71

5.34±5.89

II,III

II, III ,IV

4.

Korkmaz

(2016) [25]

Turkey

(Izmir)

cross-sectional study

PP

28

20

7.62±0.77

7.42±0.88

NA

NA

NA

NA

II, III

I

NA

ELISA (Immunotech/Beckman Coulter instrument)

AMH increased in PP

5.

Nam

(2017) [26]

Korea

(Seoul)

cross-sectional study

CPP

98

55

8.4±0.5

9.4±0.5

9.9±0.6

9.8±0.4

1.5

NA

NA

NA

No

ELISA (Beckman Coulter Inc., Brea, CA, USA).

AMH remained unchanged in CPP

6.

Savas-Erdeve

(2017) [27]

Turkey

(Ankara)

cross-sectional study

45

(CPP21,

PT24)

22

7.30±0.75

6.52±1.10

8.31±1.31

6.9±1.1

1.01

NA

NA

NA

No

ELISA (Anshlab AMH/MIS ELISA kit)

AMH increased in PT and CPP

7.

Grandone

(2018) [35]

Italy

(Naples and Trieste)

cross-sectional study

CPP

17

17

7±1.5

6.3±2.1

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

I

No

ELISA (MyBioSource, San Diego, CA, USA)

AMH remained unchanged in CPP

8.

Brar

(2018) [28]

US

(New york)

cross-sectional study

PA

76

12

6.7±0.9

6.2±1.3

7.7±1.5

6.4±1.5

1.0

NA

NA

NA

NA

Gen II ELISA

AMH remained unchanged in PA

9.

Efthymiadou

(2019) [29]

Greece

(Patra)

cross-sectional study

PA

55

89

6.98±1.60

6.78±1.60

7.47±1.62

NA

0.49

NA

NA

NA

No

2-site ELISA (Diagnostic System

Laboratories,Webster, Texas)

AMH increased in PA

10.

Jeong

(2020) [30]

Korea

(Cheonan)

cross-sectional study

CPP

48

35

8.43±0.46

8.01±0.54

10.48±0.6

7.79± 0.74

2.05

NA

II,

III

I

No

Gen II

ELISA (Immunotech, Beckman Coulter Inc., USA)

INHB increased in CPP,

AMH remained unchanged in CPP

11.

Liu

(2021) [31]

China

(Beijing)

cross-sectional study

CPP

44

71

7.85±1.02

7.59±1.48

9.41±1.06

8.20±0.83

1.56

NA

II, III ,IV

II, III,IV

NA

Serum INHB was measured by a Gen II ELISA (Immunotech, Beckman Coulter Inc., CA, USA). Serum AMH was measured by an ELISA (Immunotech, Beckman Coulter Inc., CA, USA)

INHB increased in CPP,

AMH remained unchanged in CPP

  1. BA-CA, the difference between bone age and chronological age; INHB, Inhibin B;AMH, anti-müllerian hormone; CPP, central precocious puberty;PT, premature thelarche; PP, premature pubarche;PA, premature adrenarche; NA, not available; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.