TABLE 1.

Summary of growth data by age and sex in 2537 individuals from the National Survey of Health and Development¹

	Men			Women
	No. of observations	Mean	SD	No. of observations	Mean	SD
Weight (kg)
Birth	1268	3.5	0.5	1262	3.3	0.5
2 y	1068	13.2	1.5	1039	12.7	1.5
4 y	1149	17.5	2.1	1133	17.1	2.1
6 y	1082	20.8	2.6	1064	20.4	2.6
7 y	1063	23.0	3.0	1056	22.6	3.1
11 y	1079	34.3	6.0	1054	35.2	6.8
15 y	1005	51.8	9.4	966	52.1	8.1
20 y	1015	70.6	9.1	1041	57.9	8.3
26 y	1091	73.3	10.1	1102	59.2	8.8
36 y	1140	76.0	11.0	1157	62.2	10.5
43 y	1179	78.7	11.7	1199	66.3	12.3
53 y	1263	83.4	13.1	1255	71.6	13.9
BMI (kg/m2)
2 y	1014	18.0	2.6	964	17.6	2.4
4 y	1103	16.3	1.6	1079	16.1	1.6
6 y	1036	15.9	1.3	1015	15.7	1.4
7 y	1059	15.9	1.4	1050	15.7	1.5
11 y	1069	17.3	2.2	1051	17.5	2.5
15 y	990	19.6	2.5	956	20.6	2.8
20 y	996	22.6	2.4	1026	21.9	2.9
26 y	1091	23.4	2.8	1102	22.4	3.1
36 y	1136	24.7	3.2	1154	23.5	3.8
43 y	1179	25.6	3.4	1191	25.1	4.6
53 y	1263	27.3	3.9	1252	27.4	5.3
Height (cm)
2 y	1054	85.8	5.2	1008	84.8	4.5
4 y	1121	103.4	5.0	1107	103.0	5.0
6 y	1084	114.4	5.2	1059	113.9	5.3
7 y	1101	120.4	5.7	1096	119.9	5.5
11 y	1085	140.6	6.7	1063	141.4	6.9
15 y	1002	162.1	8.9	968	158.9	6.2
20 y	1018	177.0	6.7	1039	162.7	6.1
26 y	1092	177.0	6.5	1104	162.6	6.3
36 y	1139	175.3	6.5	1158	162.6	5.8
43 y	1179	175.1	6.6	1194	162.6	6.0
53 y	1264	174.5	6.5	1260	161.8	5.9

¹Data are from individuals measured at the 53-y visit with complete or imputed genotype information.