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. 2024 May 16;53(6):2025–2033. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02871-z

Table 2.

Sample description of overall female and male human body characteristics

Overall human body variables Female humans (n = 1,157) Male humans (n = 515) Total (N = 1,672)

Height in cm

M (SD)

165.1 (7.4) 179.8 (8.2) 169.6 (7.6)

Weight in kg

M (SD)

61.0 (9.9) 78.2 (12.4) 66.3 (10.7)

Human height and weight measures of a US university student sample taken from Wardle et al. (2006) respective sample sizes not reported in the paper were taken from Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care (2006)