Timing of pubertal onset in girls: evidence for non-Gaussian distribution.

Context: The timing of the onset of puberty is considered to approximate a normal distribution. However, because many more girls present with early than late puberty, we hypothesized that the distribution of the timing of the onset of puberty in girls might have changed. OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTS: The objective of the study was to examine the distribution of the timing of the onset of puberty in normal Greek girls.