. 2013 Mar 5;23(2):103–108. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20120107

Table 2. Early-childhood anthropometric characteristics of participants aged 13–14 years.

	Growth pattern

	No RWG (n = 887)	Only 0–1.5 RWG (n = 525)	Only 1.5–3 RWG (n = 137)	Both 0–1.5 & 1.5–3 RWG (n = 75)
At birth
Weight, kg	3.18 ± 0.01	2.79 ± 0.02^a	3.11 ± 0.03	2.80 ± 0.04^a
Length, cm	49.6 ± 0.08	48.3 ± 0.10^a	49.3 ± 0.20	48.6 ± 0.27^a
BMI, kg/m²	13.0 ± 0.05	11.9 ± 0.06^a	12.8 ± 0.12	11.7 ± 0.16^a
At age 1.5 years
Weight, kg	10.2 ± 0.04	11.0 ± 0.05^a	9.4 ± 0.09^a	11.2 ± 0.13^a
Height, cm	79.1 ± 0.12	80.1 ± 0.16^a	75.9 ± 0.31^a	80.9 ± 0.42^a
BMI, kg/m²	16.3 ± 0.04	17.2 ± 0.06^a	16.0 ± 0.11	17.2 ± 0.15^a
At age 3 years
Weight, kg	13.1 ± 0.05	14.1 ± 0.06^a	14.2 ± 0.12^a	16.0 ± 0.16^a
Height, cm	91.6 ± 0.13	93.1 ± 0.17^a	92.6 ± 0.33^b	95.6 ± 0.44^a
BMI, kg/m²	15.7 ± 0.04	16.2 ± 0.05^a	16.5 ± 0.10^a	17.5 ± 0.13^a

RWG, rapid weight gain; Only 0–1.5 RWG, rapid weight gain from 0 to age 1.5 but not from 1.5 to age 3; Only 1.5–3 RWG, rapid weight gain from age 1.5 to age 3 but not from 0 to age 1.5; Both 0–1.5 & 1.5–3 RWG, rapid weight gain from 0 to age 1.5 and age 1.5 to age 3; BMI, body mass index.

Values are listed as mean ± standard error and are adjusted for sex.

The Tukey–Kramer method was used to estimate mean differences between growth patterns.

^aP < 0.01 and ^bP < 0.05 vs no RWG.