Table 4. Differences in linear growth stratified by gender for participants with and without schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD).

	n	Linear growth, cm/year Mean (s.d.)	Difference in linear growth Mean (s.d.)	P
Early life (birth to 2½ years)
Male non-SSD	3940	29.92 (0.96)	Reference	Reference
Female non-SSD	3785	29.69 (0.91)	−0.23 (0.02)	<0.001
Male SSD	46	30.00 (0.81)	0.07 (0.14)	0.948
Female SSD	24	29.08 (1.26)	−0.84 (0.19)	<0.001
Later childhood (2½ to 9 years)
Male non-SSD	3712	9.06 (0.45)	Reference	Reference
Female non-SSD	3573	9.05 (0.45)	−0.02 (0.01)	0.356
Male SSD	43	9.16 (0.39)	0.10 (0.07)	0.383
Female SSD	24	8.96 (0.46)	−0.10 (0.09)	0.640