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Patients were categorized into six cervical vertebral maturation stages (CVS), with 20 females and 20 males in each stage. Hand\u2013wrist (HWS), cervical vertebra (CVS), and dental maturation (DS) stages were assessed. Frontal sinus measurements included maximum height (FSHeight), maximum width (FSWidth), frontal sinus index (FSIndex), area (FSArea), and perimeter (FSPerimeter). Spearman\u2019s Rho assessed correlations, and ROC analysis evaluated diagnostic performance with cut-off\u2013based accuracy rates. Reliability was examined using the Kappa coefficient, Kendall\u2019s tau-b, and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After Benjamini\u2013Hochberg false discovery rate (FDR) correction, no significant correlations were found between HWS or DS stages and FSHeight in male patients, or between CVS or DS stages and FSIndex. In females, FSArea showed the highest discriminatory performance for classifying the transition from pre-pubertal to pubertal stage (AUC = 0.794; P &amp;lt; 0.001). In males, FSWidth showed the strongest discriminatory performance (AUC = 0.817; P &amp;lt; 0.001). For the transition from the pubertal to post-pubertal stage, FSWidth showed the highest discriminatory performance (AUC = 0.846; P &amp;lt; 0.001), and all frontal sinus measurements were statistically significant in both sexes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Frontal sinus morphometry showed high reliability and meaningful associations with age and maturation indicators. 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