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This study evaluated the utility of baseline hormonal markers\u2014particularly insulin-like growth fac-tor 1 (IGF-1) and IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3)\u2014as auxiliary tools for CPP diagnosis in Korean children. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients who underwent GnRH stimulation testing. Baseline LH, FSH, IGF-1, and IGFBP-3 levels were assessed, along with standard deviation scores (SDS) calculated using two different reference intervals. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to improve diagnostic accuracy. Performance was evaluated using area under the curve (AUC) values from receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses, stratified by sex. Results: Among 2464 Korean children (2025 girls and 439 boys), CPP diagnosis rates were 54.2% in girls and 65.6% in boys. Among baseline markers, FSH showed the highest AUCs using raw values with sex-specific cutoffs (AUC = 0.767 in girls and 0.895 in boys). Although IGF-1 SDS and IGFBP-3 SDS showed AUCs &lt; 0.7 when used alone, predictive models incorporating these SDS values yielded higher performance (AUC = 0.800 in girls and 0.920 in boys. Conclusions: SDS-based IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 enhance CPP diagnosis when used in predictive models, emphasizing the need for sex-specific interpretation and standardized reference intervals in real-world clinical practice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics15192508","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,2]],"date-time":"2025-10-02T10:22:32Z","timestamp":1759400552000},"page":"2508","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Predictive Modeling of Central Precocious Puberty Using IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 Standard Deviation Scores"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8266-2248","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rihwa","family":"Choi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory Medicine Center, Division of Laboratory Medicine, GC Labs, Yongin-si 16924, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3710-0828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gayoung","family":"Chun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biostatistics Team, Infectious Disease Research Center, Division of Laboratory Medicine, GC Labs, Yongin-si 16924, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8082-3100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sung-Eun","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Endocrine Substance Analysis Center (ESAC), Division of Laboratory Medicine, GC Labs, Yongin-si 16924, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4672-5811","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sang Gon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory Medicine Center, Division of Laboratory Medicine, GC Labs, Yongin-si 16924, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"388","DOI":"10.1080\/10408363.2024.2306804","article-title":"Challenges of insulin-like growth factor-1 testing","volume":"61","author":"Huang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Crit. 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