Childhood obesity and skeletal maturation assessed with Fishman’s hand-wrist analysis

The purpose of this study was to determine whether increased body mass index is associated with accelerated skeletal maturation.The skeletal ages of 107 children, aged 9 to 16 years, were determined by using Fishman's hand-wrist analysis. The difference between chronologic age and dental age was analyzed against body mass index, sex, and age.The mean differences between chronologic and skeletal ages for normal weight, overweight, and obese...