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Table 4. Pearson’s correlation coefficients of the relationship between height and climatic variables.

	TMP	SOLA	SUN	1000	2000	4000	10000	Weight
Males
Age: 8	−0.76^**	−0.80^**	−0.56^**	−0.76^**	−0.81^**	−0.81^**	−0.81^**	0.80^**
9	−0.79^**	−0.81^**	−0.58^**	−0.78^**	−0.83^**	−0.83^**	−0.83^**	0.84^**
10	−0.79^**	−0.79^**	−0.59^**	−0.75^**	−0.81^**	−0.82^**	−0.82^**	0.87^**
11	−0.72^**	−0.76^**	−0.59^**	−0.72^**	−0.79^**	−0.80^**	−0.80^**	0.87^**
12	−0.70^**	−0.77^**	−0.62^**	−0.73^**	−0.80^**	−0.82^**	−0.82^**	0.86^**
13	−0.68^**	−0.82^**	−0.68^**	−0.79^**	−0.84^**	−0.86^**	−0.87^**	0.84^**
14	−0.66^**	−0.88^**	−0.68^**	−0.84^**	−0.88^**	−0.89^**	−0.89^**	0.77^**
15	−0.62^**	−0.87^**	−0.64^**	−0.85^**	−0.87^**	−0.87^**	−0.87^**	0.66^**
16	−0.65^**	−0.86^**	−0.61^**	−0.84^**	−0.86^**	−0.85^**	−0.86^**	0.65^**
17	−0.62^**	−0.85^**	−0.62^**	−0.84^**	−0.85^**	−0.85^**	−0.85^**	0.60^**
Females
Age: 8	−0.72^**	−0.80^**	−0.67^**	−0.78^**	−0.83^**	−0.84^**	−0.84^**	0.83^**
9	−0.69^**	−0.76^**	−0.68^**	−0.75^**	−0.80^**	−0.82^**	−0.82^**	0.86^**
10	−0.64^**	−0.72^**	−0.67^**	−0.71^**	−0.76^**	−0.79^**	−0.79^**	0.86^**
11	−0.65^**	−0.78^**	−0.71^**	−0.77^**	−0.81^**	−0.84^**	−0.84^**	0.76^**
12	−0.67^**	−0.85^**	−0.70^**	−0.82^**	−0.87^**	−0.88^**	−0.88^**	0.59^**
13	−0.63^**	−0.89^**	−0.66^**	−0.86^**	−0.88^**	−0.88^**	−0.88^**	0.54^**
14	−0.62^**	−0.86^**	−0.62^**	−0.83^**	−0.85^**	−0.84^**	−0.85^**	0.49^**
15	−0.61^**	−0.83^**	−0.56^**	−0.79^**	−0.81^**	−0.80^**	−0.81^**	0.51^**
16	−0.59^**	−0.81^**	−0.51^**	−0.78^**	−0.77^**	−0.76^**	−0.77^**	0.54^**
17	−0.60^**	−0.83^**	−0.57^**	−0.82^**	−0.81^**	−0.80^**	−0.81^**	0.57^**

TMP: Annual mean temperature.

SOLA: Annual mean solar radiation.

SUN: Annual total sunshine duration.

1000–10000: Annual mean effective day length at 1000 to 10000 lx.

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p<0.0001

p<0.005.