Table 1. Basic statistics for standardized height and weight.

Standardized height	Males			Females
Age	10	14	17	10	14	17
Maximum	0.263(Akita)	0.221(Akita)	0.169(Akita)	0.254(Aomori)	0.171(Akita)	0.135(Niigata)
Minimum	−0.217(Okinawa)	−0.165(Miyazaki)	−0.302(Okinawa)	−0.119(Yamaguchi)	−0.305(Okinawa)	−0.311(Okinawa)
Mean	−0.002	−0.007	−0.009	0.006	−0.013	−0.011
Median	−0.009	−0.022	−0.004	−0.016	−0.023	−0.002
Standardized weight	Males			Females
Age	10	14	17	10	14	17
Maximum	0.289(Aomori)	0.258(Aomori)	0.240(Aomori)	0.314(Aomori)	0.231(Aomori)	0.197(Iwate)
Minimum	−0.150(Shimane)	−0.152(Yamaguchi)	−0.142(Yamaguchi)	−0.100(Yamaguchi)	−0.105(Okinawa)	−0.238(Okinawa)
Mean	0.006	−0.001	0.002	0.016	0.010	0.012
Median	−0.028	−0.012	−0.011	−0.001	−0.013	0.002