The diagnostic performance of dental maturity for identification of the circumpubertal growth phases: a meta-analysis

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Table 7 Positive LHRs for the maturation stages of the mandibular canine for diagnosis of different growth phases

Growth phase	Dental stage	Başaran et al.[23]	Chen et al.[28]	Sukhia and Fida[31]	Różyło-Kalinowska et al.[30]	Perinetti et al.[20]	Overall^a
Pre-pubertal	D	--	--	--	--	--	--
	E	--	--	11.5 (1.5-88.7)	11.4 (1.4-94.3)	--	11.4 (2.6-49.8)
	F	26.6 (12.5-56.2)	7.6 (3.5-16.5)	6.3 (3.7-10.7)	10.5 (4.4-24.6)	14.9 (5.6-39.8)	11.1 (6.4-19.2)
	G	3.5 (2.2-5.8)	1.3 (0.9-1.7)	1.3 (0.9-1.9)	2.7 (2.1-3.3)	1.6 (1.0-2.5)	1.9 (1.3-2.8)
	H	0.0 (0.0-0.1)	0.5 (0.3-0.6)	0.4 (0.3-0.5)	0.4 (0.3-0.5)	0.2 (0.2-0.3)	0.4 (0.3-0.4)
Pubertal	D	--	--	--	--	--	--
	E	--	--	0.1 (0.0-0.9)	0.3 (0.0-2.3)	--	0.2 (0.2-0.3)
	F	0.2 (0.1-0.4)	0.2 (0.1-0.5)	0.2 (0.1-0.3)	0.3 (0.1-0.7)	0.2 (0.1-0.5)	0.2 (0.2-0.3)
	G	1.1 (0.7-1.8)	1.2 (0.9-1.6)	0.9 (0.6-1.3)	1.0 (0.8-1.2)	1.3 (0.8-2.0)	1.1 (0.9-1.2)
	H	1.6 (1.4-1.7)	1.2 (1.0-1.5)	2.1 (1.7-2.6)	1.1 (1.0-1.3)	1.9 (1.5-2.3)	0.9 (0.5-1.5)
Post-pubertal	D	--	--	--	--	--	--
	E	--	0.2 (0.0-1.5)	--	--	--	--
	F	--	0.1 (0.0-0.9)	--	--	--	--
	G	0.1 (0.0-0.3)	0.3 (0.2-0.7)	0.2 (0.0-1.3)	0.1 (0.1-0.2)	0.2 (0.1-0.6)	0.2 (0.1-0.3)
	H	2.3 (2.0-2.6)	1.9 (1.6-2.3)	2.0 (1.7-2.3)	1.9 (1.7-2.1)	3.1 (2.5-3.7)	2.2 (1.9-2.5)

Data are presented as means (95% confidence interval). ^aNull values and values equal to zero not included. The symbol ‘--’ represents null value indicating that no cases for the given maturational stage coincided with the corresponding growth phase. Values in italics denote an overall positive LHR of 10 or more.