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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Aug 13;22(3):875–881. doi: 10.1002/oby.20517

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of study sample.

Variable N Mean SD Range
BMI during infancy
 0 (+ 0.03) months 561 13.1 1.4 6.0 18.9
 1 (± 0.5) month 425 14.1 1.3 10.2 19.2
 3 (± 1.5) months 490 16.0 1.4 11.9 19.9
 6 (± 1.5) months 511 17.0 1.4 13.3 21.2
 9 (± 1.5) months 505 17.4 1.4 12.8 24.2
 12 (± 3) months 533 17.2 1.3 13.3 20.6
 18 (± 3) months 534 16.5 1.3 12.9 21.9
 28 (± 7.5) months 612 16.0 1.2 12.7 22.7
BMI during childhood
 4 (± 1) years 654 15.6 1.2 12.8 22.1
 7 (± 2) years 779 15.9 1.9 12.1 28.7
BMI during adolescence
 11 (± 2) years 776 18.0 3.1 12.4 34.7
 15 (± 2) years 744 20.9 3.5 14.0 38.2
BMI during early adulthood
 19 (± 2) years 671 22.4 3.9 15.0 43.8
 23 (± 2) years 507 23.5 4.6 15.6 49.7
 30 (± 5) years 654 24.6 5.1 15.8 50.5
BMI during mid-adulthood
 40 (± 5) years 590 26 5.3 16.3 59.4
Year of birth 1176 1964.2 21.5 1901 2007
Genetic risk score (GRS) 1176 28.5 3.5 18.1 39.9
Sex (females)a 1176 605 (51.4%)
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Number (%) listed under mean