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Published in final edited form as: Evol Hum Behav. 2011 Mar 1;32(2):79–89. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.08.002

Table 2.

Adult Height and BMI Means by Age of Father Death.

	Men				Women
	Mean^a	St. Err.	Sig^b	N	Mean^a	St. Err.	Sig^b	N
Height
Dad Died 0–9	163.422	1.301	0.058	33	149.577	1.161	0.172	35
Dad Died 10–19	161.217	1.238	0.911	39	151.222	1.084	0.555	48
Dad Alive	161.557	0.929	—	332	150.770	0.849	—	309
BMI
Dad Died 0–9	23.380	0.513	0.527	33	21.632	0.713	0.005	35
Dad Died 10–19	23.847	0.489	0.049	39	23.766	0.666	0.176	48
Dad Alive	23.136	0.366	—	332	23.129	0.521	—	309

^a

Estimated marginal mean after controlling for age and community region.

^b

Significance of t-test against Dad Alive group.