Variable | Age (years) | |||||||||||
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0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 18 | |||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Height (cm) | 67.7 (7.3) | 66.5 (6.8) | 83.7 (3.1)* | 82.9 (3.2) | 107.6 (4.4) | 107.2(4.6) | 125.1 (5.7) | 124.3 (5.5) | 165.5 (7.7)* | 158.7 (6.2) | 170.8 (6.5)* | 159.7 (6.0) |
Weight (kg) | 3.1 (0.5)* | 3.0 (0.5) | 11.4 (1.4)* | 11.2 (1.3) | 18.2 (2.2) | 18.0 (2.7) | 25.1 (3.7) | 25.1 (5.0) | 53.7 (10.1)* | 56.3 (12.6) | 59.4 (9.7) | 59.5 (12.9) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 17.7 (2.3) | 17.4 (2.2) | 16.4 (2.1) | 16.3 (1.8) | 15.8 (1.3) | 15.6 | 16.0 (1.5) | 16.1 (2.4) | 19.5 (3.1)* | 22.33 (4.8) | 20.3 (3.1)* | 23.3 (4.8) |
BMI Z-score | 0.4 (1.6)* | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.2 (1.6) | 0.4 (1.2) | 0.3 (1.0)* | 0.1 (0.9) | − 0.002 (0.9) | − 0.003 (1.0) | − 0.5 (1.1)* | 0.3 (1.2) | − 0.7 (1.0)* | 0.4 (1.2) |
Sample size (n) | 516 | 453 | 346 | 305 | 413 | 356 | 304 | 257 | 476 | 436 | 493 | 429 |