Premature pubarche in girls is associated with functional adrenal but not ovarian hyperandrogenism.

Objective: We hypothesized that there would be evidence of functional ovarian hyperandrogenism in girls with premature pubarche (PP) at diagnosis.

Methods: White girls <8 years of age and black girls <6 years with PP (n = 15) were studied. Prepubertal girls (n = 13; 5.