Table 3. The relative risks for overweight and obesity in tall (>1 SD) versus average stature, and tall versus short stature (<−1 SD) in girls and boys in the three pooled cross-sectional data.

	Overweight	Overweight	Obesity	Obesity
	RR (95%CI)	RR (95%CI)	RR (95%CI)	RR (95%CI)
Age (y)	Tall versus average stature	Tall versus short	Tall versus average stature	Tall versus short
Girls
2.0–4.9	1.4 (1.1–1.7)	1.4 (1.0–1.9)	2.2 (1.2–4.0)	1.2 (0.5–2.6)
5.0–13.9	1.6 (1.4–1.8)	3.5 (2.8–4.4)	1.8 (1.3–2.5)	3.9 (2.1–7.4)
14.0–17.9	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	1.0 (0.7–1.3)	0.7 (0.2–2.0)	0.8 (0.2–2.9)
Boys
2.0–4.9	1.2 (0.9–1.6)	1.2 (0.8–1.7)	2.8 (1.4–5.7)	2.8 (0.9–8.6)
5.0–14.9	2.0 (1.7–2.3)	4.4 (3.4–5.7)	2.8 (1.9–4.2)	5.3 (2.6–11.0)
15.0–17.9	1.1 (0.8–1.5)	1.4 (0.9–2.2)	0.8 (0.3–2.3)	1.2 (0.3–4.9)