Table 2.

Mean (SD) anthropometric measures from childhood to adult.

	Wave 2 (Aged 8–14 yrs.)		Wave 3 (Aged 16–21 yrs.)		Wave 4 (Aged 23–28 yrs.)		Wave 5 (Aged 29–36 yrs.)
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)
Among all
ABSI	537	0.082 (0.004)	415	0.080 (0.004)	394	0.082 (0.005)	355	0.083 (0.006)
BMI	569	17.0 (3.5)	422	21.6 (5.7)	404	23.7 (6.4)	359	25.3 (6.7)
Fat %	509	21.3 (9.4)	397	20.7 (12.1)	360	24.8 (12.1)	306	27.6 (10.0)
Height (cm)	570	143.8 (10.6)	423	167.8 (8.7)	405	167.9 (8.8)	359	167.5 (8.9)
Waist circ. (cm)	538	64.6 (9.6)	415	79.3 (14.8)	395	86.6 (15.7)	355	91.8 (17.1)
Weight (kg)	570	35.9 (11.8)	422	61.1 (19.2)	404	67.2 (20.1)	359	71.2 (20.4)
Waist/height ratio	538	0.4 (0.1)	415	0.5 (0.1)	395	0.5 (0.1)	355	0.5 (0.1)
Among SGA
ABSI	107	0.083 (0.004)	80	0.080 (0.004)	74	0.083 (0.005)	71	0.084 (0.005)
BMI	114	15.9 (2.7)	83	20.0 (4.7)	75	21.8 (5.6)	71	23.5 (5.5)
Fat %	103	18.4 (8.2)	75	17.0 (10.3)	68	22.5 (11.4)	57	25.0 (10.1)
Height (cm)	115	142.8 (10.8)	83	164.5 (8.0)	76	164.7 (8.0)	71	164.4 (8.6)
Waist circ. (cm)	108	62.2 (7.8)	80	75.5 (12.7)	75	82.2 (13.1)	71	87.7 (13.7)
Weight (kg)	115	33.0 (9.8)	83	54.3 (13.7)	75	59.2 (15.3)	71	63.5 (15.0)
Waist/height ratio	108	0.4 (0.0)	80	0.5 (0.1)	75	0.5 (0.1)	71	0.5 (0.1)
Among non-SGA
ABSI	430	0.082 (0.004)	335	0.080 (0.004)	320	0.082 (0.004)	282	0.083 (0.004)
BMI	455	17.2 (3.6)	339	21.9 (5.9)	329	24.2 (6.5)	288	25.8 (6.9)
Fat %	406	22.0 (9.5)	322	21.5 (12.3)	292	25.3 (12.2)	249	28.2 (9.9)
Height (cm)	455	144.1 (10.5)	340	168.6 (8.6)	329	168.7 (8.8)	288	168.2 (8.8)
Waist circ. (cm)	430	65.2 (9.9)	335	80.2 (15.2)	320	87.6 (16.1)	284	92.8 (17.7)
Weight (kg)	455	36.6 (12.2)	339	62.8 (19.9)	329	69.0 (20.7)	288	73.1 (21.1)
Waist/height ratio	430	0.5 (0.1)	335	0.5 (0.1)	320	0.5 (0.1)	284	0.6 (0.1)