Suikkanen J, Nurhonen M, Cole TJ, et al. - Participants born preterm had similar timing of pubertal growth and age at menarche or voice break to those born at term.

• The ESTER Preterm Birth Study with men/women born very or moderately preterm (<34 gestational weeks, n = 52/55), late preterm (34–<37 weeks, 94/106), and term (≥37 weeks, 131/151).

• All gestational age groups had similar age at PHV (peak height velocity) (years) and PHV (cm/year).

• Relative to term controls, insignificant disparities in age at PHV were 0.1 years/0.2 for very or moderately/late preterm born men and −0.0/−0.0 for women, respectively.

• There appeared no link between being born small for gestational age and pubertal growth.

• In all gestational age groups, similar age at menarche or voice break was seen.