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Plotted mean height from 6 to 20 years showed pronounced changes from 1965 to 1997 (boys in A, girls in B). This pattern of secular change has varied. Differences were reduced from 1997 to 2010. In mid adolescents, growth acceleration in puberty appeared rapid during the decades.
