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Table 1 Comparing study characteristics between boys and girls study participants

From: Genetic risk score for adult body mass index associations with childhood and adolescent weight gain in an African population

Variable

Age (years)

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

  1. M male, F female
  2. *P < 0.05