Table 2.

Piecewise regression results prior to age at maturity

Sex	Dependent Variable	Age (years) at maturity ± SE	b ± sb	p	95% C.I. of b		Average value after age at maturity ± SE
					lower	upper
Females	Lower limb length	13.2 ± 0.1 *	3.470 ± 0.151	<0.01	3.171	3.770	77.9 ± 0.4 ***
	Normalized cadence	14.2 ± 0.7	−0.008 ± 0.002	<0.01	−0.012	−0.005	0.536 ± 0.003
	Initial double support time	14.9 ± 0.6 *	0.440 ± 0.057 **	<0.01	0.328	0.552	11.6 ± 0.1
	Single support time	14.7 ± 0.6 *	−0.447 ± 0.060 **	<0.01	−0.567	−0.328	38.4 ± 0.1
	Base of support	14.3 ± 1.2	0.092 ± 0.027	<0.01	0.038	0.146	2.91 ± 0.1 ***
	Normalized step length	12.5 ± 0.6 *	−0.019 ± 0.005 **	<0.01	−0.029	−0.010	0.828 ± 0.006 ***
Males	Lower limb length	15.6 ± 0.1	2.944 ± 0.157	<0.01	2.633	3.256	84.7 ± 0.5
	Normalized cadence	14.1 ± 0.5	−0.008 ± 0.002	<0.01	−0.012	−0.004	0.530 ± 0.004
	Initial double support time	17.9 ± 0.9	0.270 ± 0.041	<0.01	0.188	0.352	11.8 ± 0.2
	Single support time	17.9 ± 0.9	−0.267 ± 0.036	<0.01	−0.339	−0.195	38.2 ± 0.2
	Base of support	15.8 ± 1.5	0.059 ± 0.019	<0.01	0.022	0.096	2.63 ± 0.1
	Normalized step length	16.4 ± 1.1	−0.010 ± 0.002	<0.01	−0.015	−0.005	0.797 ± 0.008

^*Females differ significantly from males for age at maturity (p <0.01).

^**Females differ significantly from males for slope (p <0.05).

^***Females differ significantly from males for average value after age at maturity (p <0.01).