Raafia Mujahid, Hasnain Sakrani, Syed Shah Faisal, Adil Samreen, Daud Mirza.
Average chronological age & occurrence of pubertal spurt assessed by CVM method in Pakistani girls and boys.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;34(4):640-3.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mean chronological age at peak pubertal growth (CVMS III) and occurrence of peak pubertal spurt amongst male and female Pakistani subjects, assessed by Cervical maturation method (CVM) as an indicator of skeletal age in the circumpubertal period. Lateral cephalometric radiographs of 205 Pakistani subjects attending OPD (Department of Orthodontics, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi) were selected. Both male and female patients, between the age categories of (8.0-11.0, 11.1-14.0 and 14.1-17years) were included in this research. Skeletal ages were assessed according to the CVM method. Results showed that the mean chronological age at CVMS III in males was 13.7 ± (1.4) and in females was 12.7 ± (1.4) years. It was concluded that maximum number of subjects in peak pubertal growth was in chronological age group between 12.1-15 years. The total numbers and percentage of girls with peak pubertal spurt was 38(26%). The total number and percentage of boys with peak pubertal growth spurt was 12 (20.3%).

PakMediNet -Pakistan's largest Database of Pakistani Medical Journals - http://www.pakmedinet.com