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The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of obesity in precocious puberty wer<jats:underline>e<\/jats:underline> calculated using Stata software 14.0. A fixed-effects model was used if <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.1 and <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009\u2264\u200950%. Otherwise, a random-effects model was used. Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots and Egger's test.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>The pooling analysis showed that precocious puberty in girls was associated with a higher risk of obesity (OR\u2009=\u20091.98; 95% CI: 1.76\u20132.24; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090.00%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Girls with a history of precocious puberty were found to have an increased risk of general obesity (OR\u2009=\u20092.03; 95% CI: 1.62\u20132.55; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200922.2%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;\u20090.001), central obesity (OR\u2009=\u20091.96; 95% CI: 1.70\u20132.26; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2\u2009<\/jats:sup>=\u20090.00%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and overweight (OR\u2009=\u20092.03; 95% CI: 1.68\u20132.46; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2\u2009<\/jats:sup>=\u20095.1%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The pooled analysis showed that precocious puberty in boys was not associated with an increased risk of obesity (OR\u2009=\u20091.14; 95% CI: 0.86\u20131.51; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2\u2009<\/jats:sup>=\u200950.6%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.369). In boys, the occurrence of precocious puberty was not associated with an elevated risk of general obesity (OR\u2009=\u20090.96; 95% CI: 0.40\u20132.27; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200979.6%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.922), central obesity (OR\u2009=\u20091.17; 95% CI: 0.96\u20131.43; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2\u2009<\/jats:sup>=\u20090.00%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.125), or overweight (OR\u2009=\u20091.03; 95% CI: 0.56\u20131.88; <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200974.4%, <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.930).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This meta-analysis suggests that the onset of puberty at an early age in girls is associated with an increased risk of obesity, however precocious puberty in boy was not associated with an increased risk of obesity. 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