Table 1.

Basic characteristics of covariates to body height in the study population of Swedish preadolescents and adolescents

LCT-13910 C>T genotypes	LP (n=540)	LNP (n=56)
Height, cm
(preadolescents, adolescents)	139±6, 171±9	140±5, 172±10
Milk intake, g/d	571±399	472±374
BMI, kg/m2	19.1±2.9	19.0±2.8
Birth weight, g	3,511±582	3,389±585
Father's height, cm	180±6	180±7
Mother's height, cm	166±6	166±7
Tanner stage, 1–5a
(1), (2), (3), (4), (5)	185 (38%), 47 (10%), 8 (2%), 80 (16%), 173 (34%)	18 (34%), 6 (11%), 2 (4%), 8 (15%), 173 (34%)
Socio-economic status
(below mean), (above mean)b	235 (48%), 258 (52%)	20 (39%), 32 (61%)
Girls/boys	258 (48%), 282 (52%)	27 (48%), 29 (52%)

^a50 missing subjects.

^b4 missing subjects.