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The average female growth speed trails off to zero at about 15 or 16 years, whereas the average male curve continues for approximately 3 more years, going to zero at about 18−19, although there is limited research to suggest minor height growth after the age of 19 in males. [16]
Growth is steady though slower than in first two years. Adult height can be predicted from measurements of height at three years of age; males are approximately 53% of their adult height and females, 57%. Legs grow faster than arms. Circumference of head and chest is equal; head size is in better proportion to the body.
The child will be concordant with the mean parental height, and the bone age should be normal. Constitutional growth delays are marked by low height and weight percentiles as early as the first 4–6 months following birth. [8]
age 15½ (14–17) Adult height reached age 15½ (14–17) Gonadarche (testicular enlargement) age 11½ (9½–13½) Pubarche (pubic hair) age 12 (10–14) Growth spurt age 13 (11–15) Spermarche (first ejaculation) age 13 (11–15) Wisdom tooth eruption age 17 (15–19) Completion of growth age 17 (15–19)
[11] [34] [35] Any increase in height beyond the post-pubertal age is uncommon. Girls attain reproductive maturity about four years after the first physical changes of puberty appear. [3] In contrast, boys develop more slowly but continue to grow for about six years after the first visible pubertal changes. [27] [35]
Maximal adult height is achieved at an average age of 15 years for an average female and 18 years for an average male. Potential fertility (sometimes termed nubility ) usually precedes completion of growth by 1–2 years in females and 3–4 years in males.
[2] [4] [7] Furthermore, the diagnosis of hypogonadism can be excluded once the adolescent has started puberty by age 16–18. [4] [37] Boys over 14 years of age whose growth is severely stunted or are experiencing severe distress secondary to their lack of puberty can be started on testosterone to increase their height. [10]
During Tanner V, females stop growing and reach their adult height. Usually, this happens in their mid teens at 14 or 15 years for females. Males also stop growing and reach their adult height during Tanner V; usually this happens in their late teens at 16 to 17 years, [medical citation needed] but can be a lot later, even into the early 20s.
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